The Metal Construction Association is forming the Metal Resilience Council to be proactive when it comes to promoting metal construction systems as a leading solution for resilience in the face of “escalating climate-related threats, natural disasters and evolving building performance standards.

The council is aiming to position metal as a leading component of resilient structures, educate end users of metal’s resiliency attributes, develop test standards and best practice guides advancing metal as a resilient material and drive innovation of metal systems.