About Us

PRESIDENT             John Gehman

VICE PRESIDENT    George Reitz

SECRETARY            Mikhail Tsinadze

TREASURER            John Autovino

• To support national AWI in their pursuit to be the authoritative resource for excellence in architectural millwork in the state of New Jersey and surrounding areas.

• To promote the use of architectural woodwork by reaching and informing customers, design professionals, and the woodworking community with programs of value.

• To establish quality standards through seminars, workshops and networking.

• To maintain a certification program as our commitment to quality.

• To monitor, disseminate and influence governmental and environmental information and issues

The Architectural Woodwork Institute (AWI) is a nonprofit trade association founded in 1953. Today, AWI represents nearly 4000 members consisting of architectural woodworkers, suppliers, design professionals and students from around the world.

Since 1961, AWI has continuously published the globally acclaimed Quality Standards Illustrated book, now in its 8^th Edition. The 8^th Edition is our industry's premier authority on fine architectural woodwork specifications, manufacturing, finishing, installation and testing.

AWI's Quality Standards Illustrated is technical specification referenced by design professionals and woodwork manufacturers to define and describe the criteria for fine architectural quality grades and customer expectations. In 2003, the Architectural Woodwork Manufacturers Association of Canada (AWMAC) and AWI jointly adopted the Quality Standards Illustrated, 8th Edition as "The North American Unified Standard" for fine architectural woodwork.

Member Benefits

• Access to members only area

• Professional Discounts

• Free forms

• Free downloads

• White board forums

• Networking

• Free Web Page

• Web Design and Hosting at discounted prices

• Discounts from supplier members

• Free Classifieds

• Subscriptions

• Advertising

• Online exchange board

• Knowledge base

Definitions

Here are definitions of each member type -

Manufacturing Membership - A Manufacturing Member shall be a business that makes architectural woodwork, i.e., specified by the design professionals including all exposed wood and special laminates and other materials.

Supplier Membership - A Supplier Member shall be a business that primarily supplies raw materials, products or services to architectural woodwork manufacturers.

Affiliate Membership - Individuals who wish to support the objective of the architectural woodwork industry and do not qualify as either manufacturer or supplier members may be accepted as Affiliate Members of AWI. i.e. Architect, General Contractor, Design or Woodwork Professional

Student Membership - Individuals who wish to support the objective of the architectural woodwork industry and are enrolled in an accredited university or program.

NJAWI is non profit professional woodworkers organization which  gives great networking and business interaction opportunities to your company.

Every single Member of New Jersey Architectural Woodworking Institute is enjoying great benefits of NJAWI's member directory. Members directory page provides information about more than 40 companies in New jersey and Metropolitan area.

members can access members only area of NJAWI website, which contains pages with free downloads. You will be able to download business forms, furniture and cabinet plans and sign up for free professional  seminars.

NJAWI provides white board pages for members only. You can participate in real time forums, ask your questions and get professional advise from business and woodworking experts.

One of the benefits of NJAWI membership includes participating in quarterly meetings, where you can meet and talk with fellow woodworkers, share experience and explore new business opportunities.

NJAWI membership fee will be most wisely spent money.

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Benefits

• Market your company through the use of NJAWI’s logo on your company’s promotional material.

• Your company profile will appear on NJAWI’s website  in the Membership Resource Directory.

• Networking opportunities with members in your industry.

• Technical assistance from staff experts on priority basis.

• Web design and hosting exclusively for NJAWI members. www.cadwebzine.com

• Professional discounts for NJAWI members from participating NJAWI members, click here to find out more.

• Discounts on Supplies and material from Participating NJAWI members for NJAWI members. Click here ad save.

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