LSA is a division of the Industrial Fabrics Association International. The purpose of LSA is to promote the use and growth of lightweight structures and to represent the interests and concerns of the lightweight structures industry in the Americas.
Lightweight structures are characterized by having a rather small mass relative to the applied load, which is determined through an optimization process. Lightweight Structures are defined as tensile (or tension) structures, frame supported, air supported, air inflated, cable net, cable-and-strut (also referred to as tensegrity), geodesic domes and grid shells.
LSA Objectives:
- Increase the use of lightweight structures by increasing the general awareness and by influencing the design, engineering and government and academic endeavors.
- Identify issues of common concern of the members and of the industry and take a proactive role in seeking solutions for those concerns.
- Seek relationships with other organizations serving this industry.
LSA Benefits:
- Subscription to Fabric Architecture.
- Public relations activities (i.e, articles in magazines, press releases, etc.)
- Quarterly on-line newsletter.
- Project quidelines for designing and building lightweight structures.
- Summary of applicable building codes.
- Networking with industry experts.
- Access to members-only section of Web site.
- Listing on www.lightweightstructures-ifai.com and www.ifai.com.
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