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History. CSI was founded in March 1948 by the specification writers of government agencies who came together to improve the quality of construction specifications. The institute's efforts were essential in improving construction specification quality so that it could meet the demands of the post-war construction boom.
In the fall of 1918, the group that would later become the founding members met in Chicago and subsequently formed AGC. Membership. AGC represents over 6,500 of America’s general contractors, and over 9,000 specialty-contracting firms. More than 10,500 service providers and suppliers are also associated with AGC, through a nationwide network ...
The American Institute of Steel Construction ( AISC) is a not-for-profit technical institute and trade association for the use of structural steel in the construction industry of the United States. AISC publishes the Steel Construction Manual, an authoritative volume on steel building structure design that is referenced in all U.S. building codes.
Website. mbma .com. The Metal Building Manufacturers Association ( MBMA) was founded in 1956 and promotes the design and construction of metal building systems in the low-rise, nonresidential building marketplace. A nonprofit trade organization, MBMA's headquarters is in Cleveland, Ohio. [1] The organization consists of Building Systems members ...
Overview. National Association of Home Builders headquarters in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1942, NAHB is a federation of more than 700 state and local home builder associations (HBAs). About a third of the more than 140,000 NAHB members are home builders or remodelers. [2] The rest of the membership works in closely related specialties such as ...
Widely regarded as one of Mies van der Rohe's masterpieces, Crown Hall, completed in 1956, is one of the most architecturally significant buildings of the 20th century Modernist movement. Crown Hall is considered architecturally significant because Mies van der Rohe refined the basic steel and glass construction style, beautifully capturing ...
1866: School of the Art Institute of Chicago founded. 1867 Construction began on the Water Tower designed by architect W. W. Boyington. Chicago Academy of Music founded. 1868 Rand McNally is formed as a railway guide company. Lincoln Park Zoo founded. 1869 Chicago Water Tower built. The first Illinois woman suffrage convention was held in Chicago
The Construction History Society (not to be confused with the Construction History Society of America) is a learned society that promotes the international study of the history of construction. [1] [2] Though based in Britain, it is interested in the history of construction of all countries and particularly how those histories inter-relate.