The new ICC & Florida commercial building code effective January 1, 2020, requires that all new commercial buildings built with wood-based sheathing in climate zones 1A, 2A, or 3A are required to have a ventilated airspace between the stucco and water-resistive barrier. The key to this code is ventilation, which is defined as the natural…
Since 1978, AMICO seasafe® custom structural fabrication provides the solution to your corrosion problems. Our custom structural fabrications are ideal for high corrosion environments such as aquariums. You get high-strength, lightweight, low-maintenance fiberglass reinforced plastic products (FRP) to compensate for the shortcomings of conventional materials. Pound for pound, FRP structural shapes are stronger than steel.…
Trapped Water in Walls – Prevent in the Exterior Walls with the HYDRODRY® System The HYDRODRY® Moisture Control System is a self-draining vented wall system that is used behind a veneer stone wall, stucco, or masonry siding. It works by creating a defined ventilation cavity within the wall to eliminate trapped water or vapor. The…
STAY-FORM® is the original stay-in-place concrete form and has been saving time and labor on job sites across the country since we introduced it in 1981. STAY-FORM® complies with and exceeds not only Buy American and Buy America criteria but the additional enforcement of standards as expressed in Executive Order 13858. STAY-FORM® is the most…
AMICO manufactures Expanded Metal and Safety Grating under our Industrial line of products. Our core strengths are our impeccable quality record and our size. We use mill prime raw materials and we are the largest manufacturer of expanded metal and expanded metal grating in North America. We have knowledgeable staff that provides a level of…
What do the Panama Canal, the Kennedy Space Center and the famous practice-field tower once used by Alabama head football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant have in common? They all included metal fabrication components created by Alabama Metal Industries Corp., or AMICO. Forged out of Birmingham’s steel-producing heyday, AMICO has been manufacturing metal components since 1939.…