PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

	AISC, headquartered in Chicago, is a not-for-profit technical institute and trade association established in 1921 to serve the structural steel design community and construction industry in the United States. AISC’s mission is to make structural steel the material of choice by being the leader in structural-steel-related technical and market-building activities, including: specification and code development, research, education, technical assistance, quality certification, standardization, and market development. AISC has a long tradition of service to the steel construction industry providing timely and reliable information.
	We are in our 40th year of serving the Metal Building Contractors and Erectors, we have been working with the top contractors and erectors and their leaders along with our chapters and national board to bring our organization to the forefront as the number one association of our industry representing Metal Building Contractors and Erectors.
	The Rhode Island Builders Association is one of the largest business associations in the State, and the only one serving the housing industry. Chartered in 1945 as a not-for-profit trade association, RIBA serves builders, remodelers, subcontractors, suppliers, professionals and others related to residential construction in Rhode Island.
	The U.S. Green Building Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community of leaders working to make green buildings accessible to everyone within a generation.   The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) certifies sustainable businesses, homes, hospitals, schools, and neighborhoods. USGBC is dedicated to expanding green building practices and education, and its LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System.