2025 MBMA Student Design Contest is Now Open

CLEVELAND, OHIO –  The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) 2025 Student Design Competition is now open for entries. This year’s contest asks architecture students to create an innovative metal building design for a new botanical garden and events center. More than $30,000 in prizes will be awarded to entrants in graduate and undergraduate divisions. Individual students […]

Drink in These Amazing Metal Buildings in the Latest “Travels with Tony” Video

CLEVELAND, OHIO – www.mbma.com: The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) just released the fifth full-length video in its “Travels with Tony” series. This 2 minute and 58 second presentation brings Tony Bouquot, MBMA general manager, to two craft breweries in Texas that use metal building systems. Meanwhile Brewing Company in Austin and Vista Brewing in Driftwood each […]

MBMA Introduces Six New Members

CLEVELAND, OHIO – www.mbma.com: The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) welcomes six new members to the rolls of the metal building systems leader. Waldroop Steel joins as a Building System member, with ARCO Design/Build, Curber Manufacturing, John J. Armitage Co, Nederveld, Inc., and St. Louis Screw and Bolt all becoming Associate members. Waldroop Steel is a metal building manufacturer located in Edmond, Oklahoma. ARCO Design/Build is […]

Civil and Structural Engineering Key to Creating a Massive Green Roof for Costco

By W. Lee Shoemaker, Ph.D., PE, F. SEI, Director of Research and Engineering, Metal Building Manufacturers Association In Mexico City, on top of Costco’s metal building warehouse, parking garage and loading dock rests a ½-million-square-foot roof of sports parks and recreation.  On the way to pick up some macaroni and cheese, fish sticks, and paper […]

MBMA Releases New Architectural Folio – The Milne Center for Ocean Science and Conservation

CLEVELAND, OHIO – www.mbma.com: The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) has added to its a library of free, downloadable resources for architectural students and their professors with its newest publication, “The Milne Center for Ocean Science and Conservation.” This 20-page folio explores the design and construction of a unique metal building that serves an integral role with […]