The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) presented Dr. Thomas Murray with the inaugural Dr. Duane S. Ellifritt Research Award. Named after MBMA’s original director of research and engineering, this honor will be given to a researcher annually for contributions to the advancement of metal building systems. Dr. Murray accepted the award at the 2023 MBMA Research Symposium in Atlanta.

The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) has added to its library of free, downloadable resources for architectural students and their professors with its newest architectural folio, Jacksonville University Basketball Performance Center, available at https://www.mbmaeducation.org/resources/.

The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) celebrated the achievements and efforts of its member firms during an awards ceremony held at the 2022 MBMA Annual Meeting in Fort Myers, Florida.

The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) has announced its 2023 board of directors. These industry leaders will be led by new chair, Mark Van Dyken, of Nucor Building Systems.

The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) has released its 2022 annual report, “From Form to Function.” It focuses on the growing popularity of metal building systems and how MBMA and its members serve the needs of this vital industry.

The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA), the metal building systems industry leader for more than 65 years, continues to grow with a record six new members.

As energy codes such as ASHRAE 90.1 and the IECC evolve to require stricter building enclosure and air leakage requirements, the Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) and the Door and Access Systems Manufacturers Association (DASMA) are working to keep up with the latest changes. An article in the latest edition of the NEBB Professional highlights these efforts.

The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) creates free, downloadable resources for architectural students and their professors at https://www.mbmaeducation.org/resources/. The resources include MBMA’s Architectural Significance in Metal Buildings folio series providing in-depth case studies for use in undergraduate and graduate architecture programs.

Members of the Metal Building Manufactures Association (MBMA) spearheaded an effort to create a student design competition to help graduate and undergraduate architecture students understand the value and potential of metal building systems as a practical and powerful way to bring design excellence to low-rise architecture. Two volunteer committees within MBMA, the Education Committee and the Architect Committee, joined forces to develop a highly robust design competition format. In 2022, the top two winning entries in the inaugural competition were submitted by students from the University of New Mexico and both winners were coached by a faculty sponsor, Kristina Yu, AIA, LEED GA, NCARB, DBIA.

The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) is known for their education focus. The association’s Architectural Significance in Metal Buildings series for undergraduate and graduate architecture programs is one example. This series’ newest addition is a 24-page folio on the recently opened Michelle & Barack Obama Sports Complex in Los Angeles. MBMA created it in coordination with SPF:architects (SPF:a), Buro Happold Consulting Engineers and Nucor Building Systems.