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AISI Announces Leadership Changes to Standards Council

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has announced several organizational and leadership changes put in place for the 2016 – 2022 standards development cycle. The AISI Standards Council is responsible for maintaining an effective leadership structure for the Committee on Framing Standards (COFS), Committee on Specifications (COS), and Administrative Committees; monitoring the complete suite of ANSI (American National Standards Institute)—accredited AISI standards; and identifying needs for developing new standards.

The 2016-2022 leadership team includes the following (new appointments and subcommittees are identified in italics):

AISI Standards Council (changes effective September 1, 2016)

Chairman– Rick Haws, P.E., Nucor Buildings Group
Vice Chairman– Roger LaBoube, Ph.D., P.E., Wei-Wen Yu Center for Cold-Formed Steel Structures (CCFSS)
Pat Ford, P.E., Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA)
Steve Fox, Ph.D., P.Eng., Canadian Sheet Steel Building Institute (CSSBI)
Jeff Klaiman, P.E., ADTEK Engineers
Greg Ralph, ClarkDietrich Building Systems
Lee Shoemaker, Ph.D., P.E., Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA)
Tom Sputo, Ph.D., P.E., Steel Deck Institute (SDI)

Administrative Committees (changes effective as of April 1, 2016)

Strategic Planning– Ben Schafer, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University
Education – Don Allen, P.E., SuperStud Building Products
Editorial – Vince Sagan, P.E., MBMA

Committee on Framing Standards (changes effective as of April 1, 2016)—A consensus group which maintains and updates the suite of North American cold-formed steel framing standards.

Main Committee– Chairman – Roger LaBoube, Ph.D., P.E., CCFSS
Main Committee – Vice Chairman, Steve Fox, Ph.D., P.Eng., CSSBI
FramingDesign – Pat Ford, P.E., SFIA
Lateral Design – Rob Madsen, P.E., Supreme Steel Framing System Association (SSFSA)
Prescriptive Methods – Sutton Stephens, Ph.D., P.E., S.E., Pacific Northwest Engineering
Standard Practices – Jeff Klaiman, P.E., ADTEK Engineers

Committee on Specifications (changes effective September 1, 2016)—A consensus group which maintains and updates the North American Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members (AISI S100), the North American Standard for the Design of Profiled Steel Diaphragm Panels (AISI S310), and the suite of cold-formed steel test standards (AISI S900 series).

Main Committee – Chairman– Rick Haws, P.E., Nucor Buildings Group
Main Committee – Vice Chairman– Steve Fox, Ph.D., P.E., CSSBI
CF-3: Connections and Joints – Perry Green, Ph.D., P.E., Bechtel Power Corporation
CF-4: Assemblies and Systems – Vince Sagan, P.E., MBMA
CF-6: Test-Based Design – Randy Daudet, P.E., S.E., Simpson Strong-Tie
CF-22: Stability and Combined Actions - Jim Crews, P.E., Unarco Material Handling
CF-24: Member Design – Bob Glauz, P.E., RSG Software
CF-31: General Provisions – Al Harrold, P.E., BlueScope Steel
CF-33: Diaphragm Design – Tom Sputo, Ph.D., P.E., SDI

“These changes reflect the completion of work related to the previous standards development cycle and an increased focus on analysis methods, mid-rise framing design and diaphragm design in the new cycle,” said Jay Larson, P.E., F.ASCE, managing director of AISI’s Construction Technical Program. “We are pleased to welcome these experts to their new leadership roles. We gratefully acknowledge the many contributions of those who are completing their committee work and in many cases, moving on to new committee responsibilities. We would like to especially acknowledge the leadership and contributions of Roger Brockenbrough, who is retiring as chairman of AISI’s Committee on Specifications after more than 25 years of service. Under Roger’s leadership, six editions of the Cold-Formed Steel Specification were published, including the ‘harmonized North American standard.’”