The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) has issued a technical advisory to clarify issues surrounding whether fully enclosed steel members in building structures should be primed. 

ASTM International’s metallic-coated iron and steel products committee (A05) is developing a proposed standard that will demonstrate how bend testing can be used to determine how well metallic coatings adhere to steel sheet.

A proposed ASTM International standard (WK45240) will set out a general approach to the particle size distribution measurement of powders, suspensions or slurries using an appropriate wet or dry methodology by the laser diffraction technique. 

The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) recently released an updated document describing the test procedures and performance requirements for pigmented organic coatings applied to aluminum, fiber reinforced thermoset or wood and cellulosic composite profiles for windows, doors, wall panels, skylights, sloped glazing and similar products.

It’s taken 12,000 hours of development work, involving 53 expert stakeholders, across more than three years, but ISO 19030 is finally nearing publication, in a move that has the potential to save the shipping industry as much as $30 billion in annual fuel costs.

Green Seal™, the nation’s first independent nonprofit certifier of sustainable products and services, has introduced a revised version of its GS-11 Standard that is expanded to cover most types of architectural coatings on the market today.

The Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) has launched a process to revise the ANSI/BIFMA e3 Furniture Sustainability Standard