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- The Mid-Atlantic Steel Framing Alliance (MASFA) is a regional alliance
of a national organization called the Steel Framing Alliance (SFA).
- Our primary objective is to enable and encourage the widespread,
practical and economical use of and preference for light gauge steel
framing in both light commercial and residential construction.
- MASFA has three ongoing training programs to help educate the industry
in the effective use of light gauge steel:
- Architect and engineer training program.
- Contractor training program.
- Code official training program.
- Information on the Internet can be found at www.MASFA.com.
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- Local building code requirements.
- New steel designations.
- Innovative wall designs, including steel bearing walls.
- Window designs, including punch window openings and continuous window
openings.
- Steel floor joist systems.
- Steel truss systems.
- Connection details, including vertical slip connections.
- Coordinating with other trades and issuing RFIs.
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- Substitutes wood and steel joists.
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- Substitutes steel joists.
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- Substitutes concrete panels, masonry and wood.
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