In December, the Steel Deck Institute transferred the responsibility for maintaining 12, S900 series American National Standards, formerly maintained by the American Iron and Steel Institute, to the Steel Framing Industry Association for management by the newly formed SFIA Standards Committee.

The 12 S900 series of test standards, which relate to cold-formed steel framing, now under SFIA management are:

1.    S909-17 (R2024), Test Standard for Determining the Web Crippling Strength of Cold-Formed Steel Flexural Members

2.    S910-17 (R2024); Test Standard for Determining the Distortional Buckling Strength of Cold-Formed Hat-Shaped Compression Members

3.    S911-17 (R2024); Test Standard for Determining the Flexural Strength of Cold-Formed Steel Hat-Shaped Members

4.    S913-17 (R2024); Test Standard for Determining the Strength and Deformation Behavior of Hold-Downs Attached to Cold-Formed Steel Structural Framing

5.    S914-17 (R2024); Test Standard for Determining the Strength and Deformation Behavior of Joist Connectors Attached to Cold-Formed Steel Structural Framing

6.    S915-20 (R2024); Test Standard for Determining the Strength and Deformation Behavior of Through-the-Web Punchout Cold-Formed Steel Wall Stud Bridging Connectors

7.    S916-20 (R2024); Test Standard for Determining the Strength and Stiffness of Cold-Formed Steel-Framed Nonstructural Interior Partition Walls Sheathed with Gypsum Board

8.    S917-17 (R2024); Test Standard for Determining the Fastener-Sheathing Local Translational Stiffness of Sheathed Cold-Formed Steel Assemblies

9.    S918-17 (R2024); Test Standard for Determining the Fastener-Sheathing Rotational Stiffness of Sheathed Cold-Formed Steel Assemblies

10.    S919-17 (R2024); Test Standard for Determining the Flexural Strength and Stiffness of Cold-Formed Steel Nonstructural Members

11.    S920-24; Test Standard for Screw Penetration Through Gypsum Board Into Nonstructural Cold-Formed Steel Framing Members

12.    S921-19 (R2024); Test Standard for Determining the Strength and Serviceability of Cold-Formed Steel Truss Assemblies and Components

As an American National Standards Institute-accredited standards development organization, SFIA assumes the management of these test standards, along with six CFS framing standards previously transferred to SFIA. The CFS framing standards and the S900 series test standards will be governed by the newly formed SFIA Standards Committee and managed by SFIA using the Canvass Method. 

Jay Larson, P.E., F.ASCE, is secretariat of the SFIA Standards Committee. Meredith Perez is the SFIA Standards Committee administrator.

The canvass groups are now being formed. Those interested in participating in steel framing standards development should complete the Cold-Formed Steel Framing Standards Development Expression of Interest Survey.

“We are pleased that the SFIA leadership and members were able to support the decision to accelerate the transfer of standards formerly maintained by AISI, without interruption of the code acceptance process,” said Don Allen, SFIA executive director. “With the staff and volunteers now in place to move these standards forward, we envision a transparent but less-costly process for keeping both framing and testing standards current and in synch with the building codes.”

In addition to the above-named test standards, the SFIA Standards Committee is also responsible for the maintenance of S202 - Code of Standard Practice for Cold-Formed Steel Structural Framing, S220 - North American Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Nonstructural Framing, S230 - Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Framing – Prescriptive Method for One- and Two-Family Dwellings, S240 - North American Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Structural Framing, S250 - North American Standard for Thermal Transmittance of Building Envelopes with Cold-Formed Steel Framing and S400 - North American Standard for Seismic Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Systems.