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 Stair Craft 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.

CLICK HERE to view a slideshow of the 2008 Stair Craft Award Winners as well as the other contest entries.

Next year’s entry deadline will be April 1, 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 for more information.

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