METALCON Live! Returns with a look at “Construction, Metal Construction and Design: Trends and Outlook”

METALCONLive! made a robust return this week with a peek into the “future.” Normally we would be gathering for the annual, in-person event this month — METALCONLive! makes it possible to be together “virtually.”  As Director Judy Geller said in her opening remarks, “We can’t have our live event as usual, but that doesn’t mean we …

METALCONLive! June 3 Highlights and Preview of Next Week’s Event

Key Take-Aways “Buy America” – Cost of Capital Is at Its Lowest in Decades  Steel Dynamics Inc., Hopes to Make U.S. More “Steel Sufficient” with Construction of its New Steel Mill Continued Focus on Training and Education Will Be Key for Greater Usage of Metal METALCON Co-Founder and CEO, Frank A. Stasiowski, FAIA, in partnership with …

METALCON Technology Survey, Tools and Resources

METALCON TECHNOLOGY SURVEY CONTECH will make its return at METALCON 2020, scheduled for October 21-23 in Las Vegas! To help us better serve you, please complete this 2-minute TECHNOLOGY SURVEY. TECHNOLOGY TOOLS AND RESOURCES CONTECH made its debut on the show floor last year at METALCON 2019 and provided an interactive hub that showcased the …

METALCONLive! Week 8 Highlights and Register for Next Week

Key Take-Aways from 5/20/20 Optimism and Concerns as Nation Re-Opens  Use Visuals to Sell Metal to Architects Training Will Be Key to Combat Labor Shortage METALCON Co-Founder and CEO, Frank A. Stasiowski, FAIA, in partnership with the Metal Construction Association and Rob Haddock, CEO and Founder of S-5! Metal Roof Innovations, continued the focus on …

METALCONLive! Week 7 Highlights (Magnificent Metal Monday Special Edition) and Register for this Week

Key Take-Aways Global Perspective of Crisis  Shortage of Residential Metal Roofing Contractors Metal is Changing Perception in Residential & Commercial Design & Usage METALCON Co-Founder and CEO, Frank A. Stasiowski, FAIA, in partnership with the Metal Construction Association and Rob Haddock, CEO and Founder of S-5! Metal Roof Innovations, continued the focus of “Build Back Better” …

Magnificent Metal Monday

Next-generation innovations were the focus this past weekend at the CES (Consumer Electronic Show) in Las Vegas. CES is the world’s gathering place for those who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. The show has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for 50 years. So with innovation and technology in …

Check out this 3D-printed, vehicle-powered house: METALCON demo

This thing is crazy. METALCON has a damn good name. It also had some damn good demos at the Baltimore Convention Center this week. The event was a major gathering for construction pros looking for new ideas. The exhibit hall had lots of tools, and demos about the latest ways to build. To kick off the conference, …

How to Prepare for your Metal Roofing Jobs

Our friends over at www.designandbuildwithmetal.com recently published an article that pertains to a lot of the metal roofers out there. Contributing to the article was Harry Schouten of Advanced Architectural Sheet Metal & Supply.

Bringing you Two Unique Learning Opportunities

      Our good friends from Australia are going to be putting on two interesting, thought-provoking, and engaging presentations in the Learning Zones this year at METALCON. You really don’t want to miss out