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MBMA announces 2024 Student Design Competition Award winners
The 2024 Student Design Competition had the largest turnout since establishment, with a total of 49 entries from schools across North America. The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) is pleased to announce the winners of its fourth annual Student Design Competition. On February 25, 2025, the association granted $31,000 in awards ...
MBMA introduces six new members
MBMA members work with industry professionals, architects and building designers, educators, building code officials and others to advance the metal building systems industry. The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) welcomes six new members to the rolls of the metal building systems leader. Waldroop Steel joins as a building system member, with ...
METALCON names 2025 advisory council
Industry experts drive innovative programming. METALCON, the metal construction industry’s only global event dedicated to the application of metal in construction and design, introduces its 2025 advisory council. Comprising leading experts across all facets of the industry, the council is dedicated to bringing new educational programming, hands-on skills training, clinics and ...
Dr. Roger A. LaBoube recognized with MBMA’s 2025 Ellifritt Award
Dr. Roger A. LaBoube made huge contributions to the metal building industry, not just in his research, but in being the focal point for teaching cold-formed steel design in the United States. The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) presented Dr. Roger A. LaBoube with the 2025 Dr. Duane S. Ellifritt Research ...
Trade that hard hat for a bike helmet
By Metal Building Manufacturers Association. Join Tony Bouquot as he visits the USA BMX Track in the latest “Travels with Tony” video. Metal buildings are all around us, you just might not notice them all! In the “Travels with Tony” series, the Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) explores a variety ...
And the 2024 MBMA award goes to...
By Emma Peterson. Celebrating the winners of the annual MBMA industry advocate, volunteerism and innovation awards! In the beginning of December 2024, the Metal Building Manufacturer’s Association (MBMA) hosted their annual meeting in Savannah, Georgia. The meeting was an incredible space to learn, grow and plan for the future of the metal ...
Challenges ahead in metal building design and standards
By Heidi J. Ellsworth. Learn more about immediate structural design issues, longer-term planning for resilience and more highlights from the MBMA Annual Meeting. The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) recently highlighted key challenges and long-term considerations for the metal building industry. Presented during the MBMA Annual Meeting, the discussion covered critical topics ...
2025 MBMA Architecture Faculty Workshop to take place in Houston, April 9-10
The annual MBMA Architecture Faculty Workshop is always a great benefit to the educational community and even more so for those who are interested in the annual student design competition. The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) will once again hold its annual Architecture Faculty Workshop for college and university professors from ...
Awarding innovative metal design
By Jessica Bravo. The MBMA is shaping the future of construction through metal building education with their student competition. In a MetalCast™ podcast episode, Megan Ellsworth sat down with Metal Building Manufacturers Association's (MBMA) General Manager, Tony Bouquot, and Chair of the Education Committee, John Underwood, to discuss the ...
Building the foundation: Metal building competition
By Emma Peterson. Learn how the Metal Building Manufacturers Association is bringing in and training new talent with their student competition. The world of metal construction is constantly evolving as new technologies and processes emerge on the market. Unfortunately, many designers and architects are still not using metal to its ...
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