Engineer’s contributions recognized with MBMA award
by Christopher Brinckerhoff | 4 April 2024 6:00 am
[1]Photo courtesy Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA)
The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA)[2] presented Dr. James Fisher, PE, SE, emeritus vice-president at CSD Structural Engineers, based in Milwaukee, with the 2024 Dr. Duane S. Ellifritt Research Award. Named after MBMA’s original director of research and engineering, this honor is given to a researcher annually for contributions to the advancement of metal building systems. Fisher accepted the award at the 2024 MBMA Research Symposium in Charlotte, N.C.
“[Fisher] has contributed extensively to the advancement of metal building systems,” says Lee Shoemaker, Ph.D., PE, MBMA’s director of research and engineering. “He conducted various research studies for MBMA, which improved the design practice. His MBMA sponsored work that led to AISC’s Design Guide on Serviceability Considerations for Low Rise Buildings is still the seminal reference for allowable deflections and sidesway drift for steel buildings.”
Fisher assisted with the development of a certification program for metal building manufacturers. This eventually became a requirement for membership in MBMA, which continues with the International Accreditation Services AC472 program for metal building manufacturers.
Fisher has not only been an asset to the metal building industry through his research and professional involvement, but has also garnered many awards from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) in recognition of contributions to the steel industry. He served as chairman of the AISC specification committee from 2003 until 2010, and he serves as consulting engineer to the Steel Joist Institute. Fisher received the 1984 T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award presented by AISC. In 2000, he received AISC’s Lifetime Achievement Award, recognizing his contributions to the steel construction industry. He received AISC’s highest award, the J. Lloyd Kimbrough Award, in 2006.
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