FIND A CONTRACTOR BUYER'S GUIDE
BECOME AN INDUSTRY PARTNER
MCAA Logo
MEMBER LOGIN JOIN
NEWS
The 2026 MCAA Annual Online Auction is Now Open ↗

SAIA announces new strategic plan

Words: Laurie WeberThe Scaffold and Access Industry Association (SAIA) has announced a new strategic plan to guide the organization in its planning, activities and initiatives. The strategic plan includes the organization’s mission, vision, core values, strategic priorities, goals and key objectives.

SAIA is an international trade association whose members include individuals and companies that manufacture, sell, rent, erect, and support products or equipment used in the scaffold and access industry. The plan was developed over several months with the input of SAIA members, staff and board of directors and approved by the Board of Directors in February 2015.

“This new strategic plan is transparent and inclusive of the full spectrum of SAIA priorities, including our professional activities and business operations,” said SAIA President Mike Russell. “The organization’s entire future activities stem from the principles outlined here.”

The strategic plan also introduces the SAIA’s new vision:

To lead the advancement and promotion of safety in the scaffold and access industry utilizing resources, education and communication.

The plan includes five new goals that support the core values and 21 objectives that focus on the goals. The full strategic plan can be viewed at www.saiaonline.org/StrategicPlan.
 0
Design Choices That Endure: Specification and Installation Go Hand-in-Hand
May 2026

Design decisions don’t live on paper; they live on the wall, the ceiling, the floor, and throughout every space. Today’s projects are driven by highly curated design intent, from layered color palettes to mixed-material façades. But once those decisions

Jeff Tew
MAP Partner
Read More
Marvelous Masonry: Tianjin Zhongshuge Library
May 2026

It is not unusual today for masonry to be treated as a surface decision rather than a structural one. Too often, brick enters a project late in the process, trimmed back by budgets or reduced to a veneer once the “real” building work is finished. The Tian

Cass Stern
Marvelous Masonry
Read More
Fechino Files: Concrete Pavers around a Pool
May 2026

Many folks over the years have placed concrete pavers around their pool as a nice form of decorative pool deck. Early in the 2000’s, I took a class held by the Interlocking Concrete Paver Institute, then known as the ICPI. At the time I attended the class

Steven Fechino
Fechino Files
Read More
Chairman's Message: Staying the Course
May 2026

Spring is one of my favorite times of year. There’s energy in the air. Jobs are picking up. Crews are hitting their rhythm. Schedules are filling up. You can feel momentum building again. And every year around this time, I find myself thinking about con

Kent Huntley
Chairman’s Message
Read More