Hawaii Steel Alliance

The Hawaii Steel Alliance (HSA) is a 501(c) (6) nonprofit organization established in May 1997 to encourage and promote the widespread, practical and economic use of cold-formed steel framing and metal roofing for residential and commercial construction in the Pacific Rim.  Seeing metal products as an enduring, sustainable building medium for construction, the HSA strives to be the pre-eminent worldwide steel framing and metal products resource for developers, contractors, engineers, architects, building officials, suppliers, and the homebuyer. The HSA has regular membership meetings and provides educational opportunities and training for its members. 

Our Logo

 The petroglyph symbolizes the steel framer in the field, his importance to the industry, and the heritage and cultures of the people from the Pacific. He holds up a steel stud, a durable product that has quickly become the preferred building material. The rainbow represents the Pacific Rim and all the respective ohanas (families), spanning from East to West from the Americas to Asia. It also represents the various climates around the Pacific, blessed by the sun, and nourished by the rain. The house under the framer's feet symbolizes the residential market that steel framing is penetrating. The predominant color is forest green, representing the green building qualities steel framing has to offer. (Logo designed by Gail Lincoln of Lincoln & Associates).

Our Background
The Hawaii Steel Alliance (HSA) is a trade organization established in May 1997 to encourage and promote the widespread, practical and economic use of steel and other metal products for residential and commercial construction in the Pacific Rim. Seeing steel as an enduring building medium for the world, the HSA strives to be the pre-eminent Pacific Region resource for manufacturers, developers, contractors, engineers, architects, building officials, suppliers, and the homebuyer.

Kick-Off

The HSA started with the gathering of several key players in the early months of 1997. They launched the Hawaii Steel Alliance on May 7, 1997 at a reception hosted by First Lady Vicky Cayetano at the Governor's Mansion (Washington Place) in Honolulu, Hawaii. Approximately 250 people came to that event and were treated to a few words by the late John Ewing, president of USS/POSCO Industries, and David Post, representing the American Iron and Steel Institute. John Ewing is credited with starting the residential steel framing movement in the late 1980's.