HAWAII CHAPTER

The Hawaii Chapter CFSEI was formed in 1996 with a group of 12 existing CFSEI members located in the state of Hawaii. The goal of this chapter was to disseminate the latest cold formed steel design information to all structural engineers in the state. This was very important in the late 90's as about 25% of all new construction was being framed with cold formed steel. In 2006, the Hawaii Chapter CFSEI has grown to 50 architects and engineers engaged in the design of CFS structures, and over 70% of new residential construction is now framed in steel. The Hawaii Chapter CFSEI Board of Directors meets monthly, and they bring their members together 5 or 6 times a year to dinner meetings or educational seminars featuring guest steel framing experts from the U.S. Mainland. The Hawaii Chapter is also involved with conducting continuing research at the University of Hawaii Engineering Department, where corrosion of fastener studies and top track header research has taken place. The Hawaii Chapter CFSEI also works closely with the Hawaii Pacific Steel Framing Alliance to put together the Pacific Rim Steel Framing Conference, Scholarship Golf Tournaments, and Code Official Training on the new ANSI steel standards.