The Architecture Woodwork Institute (AWI), founded in 1953, is a professional trade association. Member companies are fine wood assemblers, factories, and furniture. AWI has issued Standards of Care for Carpentry since 1961, called the Standard of Quality Illustrated.
The association builds on the idea of ​​sharing knowledge in various forms - formal programs, seminars and workshops, networks, committee engagements and publications.
AWI and its members are devoted to fostering professionalism throughout the industry. Each member company today collects prestige through the AWI logo, Quality Standard, Quality Certification Program, Design Solutions, and other important technical publications.
AWI Chapters is an integral part of networking opportunities, resource sharing, and overall association operations. Chapter is the foundation on which the association operates. The structure of the chapter provides the influence, information, and united front at the local level, bringing a general voice to the national organization on important industry issues. The chapters also provide an opportunity to undertake grassroots education programs for timber workers and design communities. They bring together carpenters in the local area, giving them the opportunity to share ideas and specific information into their territory.
AWI is not associated with the Woodworkers Institute website in any way.
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History
Since its inception as the Millwork Cost Bureau , the Architectural Woodwork Institute has evolved into a respected organization. A small group gathered in Chicago on December 12, 1952 to determine whether new life could be incorporated into existing organizations, or whether newer, more dynamic associations had to be established to represent an increasingly widespread core of specialized grinder operators. Their first meeting moved a series of meetings that would lead them to a new path. One month later, in January 1953, Charles Rinehimer, president of Rinehimer Bros. Mfg. Company, Elgin, Illinois, met Ormie Lance, manager of the National Woodwork Manufacturers Association representing 31 stock milling factories in the United States. The conversation drifted toward a national meeting of traditional factory makers, with suggestions to run the idea through the trade association management firm. On 15 October 1953, the Rinehimer Chairman welcomed 176 representatives from 109 architectural log companies from the United States and Canada, 10 suppliers, representatives from 11 interested trade associations and 9 guest speakers for the two-day convention opening session at the Congress Hotel in Chicago. Summing up the discussions and recommendations of the Development Committee, a movement unanimously underscored, created the Architectural Woodwork Institute. After the convention was postponed, the newly elected directors met to elect the first officer: Rinehimer as president, Claude Twiellenmeier as first vice-president, Charles Fischer as second vice president, William Otis as third vice president, and Elmer Root as treasurer. After the elected officer, Robert Hoe, Jr., director of Poughkeepsie, handed over the company's new treasury to check the first year's dues, and the Architectural Woodwork Institute was on its way. Shortly thereafter, AWI was founded as a non-profit organization under Illinois state law. Articles of incorporation were recorded on December 17, 1954.
Chairman Rinehimer helped establish regional branches across the country. Membership in AWI is increasing as a result and dual membership packages for AWI and MCB are developed. The A Cost Book is revised with plans that are set to form an enhanced correspondence course of correspondence. AWI is a direct organization, governed by member councils, whiteboard officers and set of rules. An industry association run by AWI members, programs and policies is developed and monitored by the committee, and administered by the executive director and headquarters staff nationwide.
The officer selected is the organization's main organizational body. The President receives a hammer for a one year term after several years of working on the council and vice president.
In the late 1990s, management consulting groups were enrolled to study the institutional structure of the Institute. A member task force is appointed to work with a team of consultants and together they study and evaluate board design, nomination processes, committee structures and roles and responsibilities. Initially, the task force's recommendations were rejected by the council, requiring further study and discussion, and then approved in the spring of 2001, reducing the size of the board to eleven members, eliminating the Executive Committee, and establishing the Development Council.
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References
- Quality Standard 8th Edition Illustrated (QSI) - Introduction - Potomac Falls, Virginia - 2003 [1]
External links
- Official Site http://awinet.org/
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