More than 6,500 contractors, engineers and architects from all over the world attended MetalCon in Las Vegas, Oct. 23 to 25, 2001. The international event focuses on the needs of metal construction professionals in residential, light commercial, roofing, and metal buildings, as well as the architectural and design-build industries. It is sponsored by the Metal Construction Association, whose mission is to expand the use of metal in construction through marketing, technology and education. A comprehensive educational program and a series of live-action demonstrations fill out the learning experience.
At the Las Vegas show, a steel-framed structure built inside the exhibit hall focused on the trend toward merging applications. The mixed-use structure showed how light-gauge steel framing is being used for multi-story and multi-family structures in today’s markets.