Welcome Members

Dear Visitor,

Welcome. You have entered the restricted area of the Stairway Manufacturers' Association website. To enter many links on this page you will need to become a member. We invite you to join us in our commitment to this industry.

We want to hear from you. Please offer your comments on how the SMA website can better serve you. Email webmaster@stairways.org.

SMA Certification Program

SMA Certification Program The SMA Certification Program will first be offered at the Fall Education Conference November 20-22 2009 in Providence RI. Due to the demand already expressed Members are asked to email or contact the SMA office as soon as possible with an approximate number of attendees to help allow us to block enough rooms and plan this first time educational event. The certification program is outlined in this presentation. Additional details will be posted here and on the SMA calendar soon.

Registration will open in early September online via clicking on the event on the calendar page and then the register button.

SMA Staircraft Awards
The Stairway Manufacturers’ Association (SMA) is pleased to announce the second presentation of its annual Staircraft Awards.The awards will once again be presented to the manufacturers and builders of products that best express the aesthetic value, concern for safety, quality of workmanship and technical challenges of the state of the craft. Only SMA members are eligible to submit entries.

All 2009 entries must be completely submitted no later than Monday, April 1, 2009, at 5:00 p.m. EST. An entry fee of $20 per submission is required in order to participate in the contest. Member companies that wish to submit unlimited entries may do so for $100.

The 2009 Staircraft Award categories are as follows:

New Stair Part                                                            
Best Balustrade                                                
Best Straight Stairway                                              
Best Curved/Spiral Stairway                                  
Best “Non-Wood” Stairway                                  
Most Unique Stairway 

Online voting by the SMA membership will commence in April and the awards will be presented during the SMA 2009 Annual Conference, May 3-5, 2009, in Clearwater, Fla.

Click here for the 2009 SMA Staircraft Awards entry form.

Click here for the 2009 SMA Staircraft Awards official rules.

2008 SMA Staircraft Awards
The Stairway Manufacturers’ Association (SMA) has announced the winner of its first annual Stair Craft Awards during its recent 20th anniversary annual conference in Chicago, May 1-3, 2008. These awards are presented to the manufacturers and builders of products that best express the aesthetic value, concern for safe use, quality of workmanship and technical challenges of the state of the craft.

The winners of the first annual Stair Craft Awards are:

Best Balustrade: Colonial Woodworking, Bradford, N.H.
Best Curved/Spiral Stairway: Seattle Stair and Design, Seattle, Wash.; and
Best Straight Stairway: Seattle Stair and Design, Seattle, Wash.

Next year’s entry deadline will be March 2, 2009, with an award banquet scheduled during the 2009 SMA annual conference to be held in Clearwater Beach, Fla., May 3-5, 2009.

On Line Library - password required

View the 2006 IRC Visual Interpretation

View the 2003 IRC Visual Interpretation

View the 2000 IRC Visual Interpretation

View the 2002 New York State Residential Building Code Interpretation

View the 2003 Connecticut Visual Code Interpretation

View the 2003 Rhode Island Visual Code Interpretation

View the 2004 Florida (with amendments) Visual Code Interpretation

Code Matrix

Hearing Reports - Coming Soon!

Code Library

On Line Forum - password required
In an effort to bring the SMA community together on a more consistent basis, we have created a SMA User Forum. Whether you have a code question, an interesting bit of information you want to share – this is the place to find it… From Stair Building to Stair Business and everything SMA in between.

You can have conversations with other members from around the country and keep up to date on SMA happenings in one convenient place. The Board has been testing this for several months now, and nearly all the bugs have been worked out. We have found it extremely helpful for us and want to share this great tool with every member. Click here to access the forum.

Committee Pages - password required

Code & Research Committee
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Education Committee
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Quality Standards Committee
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Marketing Committee
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Nominations Committee
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Links of Interest

Model Code Organizations
BOCA The Building Officials and Code Administrators International
ICBO The International Conference of Building Officials
SBCCI The Southern Building Code Conference International
ICC The International Code Council

Other Standards Organizations
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

Other Organizations
AIA The American Institute of Architects
BOMA Building Owners & Managers Association International

Research and Testing
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Research Papers