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Located only 17 miles from the rapidly growing city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, the community of Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, offers residents easy access to urban amenities and jobs while maintaining a close community feel.

As fires continue to burn in Lahaina on Maui, Hawaii, destroying more than 2,200 structures and displacing thousands of residents, Simpson Strong-Tie is donating $100,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to help with immediate relief efforts.

The American Iron and Steel Institute welcomes Dustin Young as the director of business development for the construction program. Young is responsible for managing the optimization of the AISI construction programs by providing strategic leadership to direct multiple construction committees and implement program business plans.

This summer, ATAS International sponsored three Let’s Build Construction Camps for Girls. The camp is a free weeklong program designed for middle and high school age girls to explore the construction trades, architecture, engineering and construction materials manufacturing through hands-on experiences and field trips.

The Metal Construction Association has announced a new membership class for subsidiary brands or divisions of a parent company. This membership class allows companies with multiple subsidiaries or divisions to have each brand recognized as an MCA member at a reduced rate.

The results are in on the first-ever U.S. Collegiate Design-Build Passive House Ice Box Challenge with the Pratt Institute School of Architecture. 

The Metal Construction Association has announced that industry veteran Ken McLauchlan has been appointed as a director on the board. McLauchlan, who is vice president of architectural sales at Metal Forming, LLC in Peachtree, Georgia, was appointed to fill a vacancy.

Simpson Strong-Tie announced May 11 the successful completion of a series of seismic tests on the tallest building yet subjected to earthquake simulations.