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ACMA Pavilion at AIA
standards are applicable and useful
for achieving design success and code
compliance with composites."
Western Carolina University's
(WCU) Robert Stefen, Ph.D, P.E.,
who has worked for three years as
the Guidelines committee chairman,
agrees that architects, engineers and
designers fnally have a document with
applications-specifc information.
Further, the frst Composites in
Architecture Design Challenge show-
cased unique projects that incorporate
composite materials in new compo-
nents and assemblies, developed by
teams of architectural students from
all over the US. Winners of the 2016
Challenge were announced each day,
and submitted projects were displayed
throughout the Pavilion.
"The student designs were out-
standing and their presence in the
Composites Pavilion has been very
intriguing to the attendees," said Bob
Moft, product manager at Ashland
Performance Materials (Columbus,
OH, US) and the leader of Ashland's
CompositeBuild.com initiative. "Overall
the Composite Pavilion has energized
conference attendees."
Also new this year was Composites
Central, presentations by composites
experts on topics such as daylighting
with composites, International Building
Code requirements for FRP, durabil-
ity of FRP and using composites for
thermal break strategies in metal build-
ings. Speakers included WCU's Stefen,
Ashland's Moft, Andy Bridge (Janicki
Industries, Sedro-Woolley, WA, US),
and Nicholas A. Dembsey, Ph.D, P.E.,
Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Read more online about ACMA's
Guidelines | short.compositesworld.com/
FRPGuide
Read more online about the 2016
Composites in Architecture Design
Challenge | short.compositesworld.com/
AIA-CADC16
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