September Member Meeting
2022-09-14 16:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Live! Casino, 900 Packer Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19148, United States
Networking | Appetizers | Industry Updates
New Location: Live! Casino | 900 Packer Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19148
Date & Time
Wednesday, September 14th
4:30 PM to 7:00 PM
3 PM – Membership and Programming Committee Meeting
Cost
$40 / person

This meeting will follow our new format.
There will now be more time for networking (4:30 PM to 6 PM).
Our program will be from 6 PM to 7 PM.

Register

Live! Casino information:

Live! Casino offers a special room rate to MASFA members! Check it out here.
Parking is free for garage and surface lots!
Directions to the meeting room:

If you enter the building from the Darien Street entrance, also known as the hotel lobby, take the escalators to the 2nd floor/Event Center. Turn right when entering the Event Center and walk to end of hallway.
If you enter the building from the 10th Street entrance, you must enter the casino floor and cross the full length of the casino floor to the Hotel lobby. Once you get to the Hotel lobby, take the escalators to the 2nd floor/Event Center. Turn right when entering the Event Center and walk to end of hallway.
From parking garage – Entrance to the adjoining parking garage is on Darien Street. After entering the garage, drive up the ramp and proceed to the third of fourth floor of the garage. (You will be turning left onto the 3rd or 4th floor). Upon entering the floor, turn right and park in any space at that end of the garage floor. Walk to entrance/parking garage elevators at that end of the garage floor and get off on the 2nd floor. Turn right when entering the Event Center and walk to end of hallway.

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November Member Meeting
2022-11-09 16:30 - 19:00 | Live! Casino, 900 Packer Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19148, United States
Networking | Appetizers | Industry Updates
Location: Live! Casino | 900 Packer Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19148

Register now!

Date & Time
Nov 9, 2022
4:30-7:00 PM
3 PM – Membership and Programming Committee Meeting

Cost
$40 / person

This meeting will follow our new format.
There will now be more time for networking (4:30-6 PM).
Our program will be from 6-7 PM.

Live! Casino information:

Parking is free!
Directions to the meeting room:

If you enter the building from the Darien Street entrance, also known as the hotel lobby, take the escalators to the 2nd floor/Event Center. Turn right when entering the Event Center and walk to end of hallway.
If you enter the building from the 10th Street entrance, you must enter the casino floor and cross the full length of the casino floor to the Hotel lobby. Once you get to the Hotel lobby, take the escalators to the 2nd floor/Event Center. Turn right when entering the Event Center and walk to end of hallway.
From parking garage – Entrance to the adjoining parking garage is on Darien Street. After entering the garage, drive up the ramp and proceed to the third of fourth floor of the garage. (You will be turning left onto the 3rd or 4th floor). Upon entering the floor, turn right and park in any space at that end of the garage floor. Walk to entrance/parking garage elevators at that end of the garage floor and get off on the 2nd floor. Turn right when entering the Event Center and walk to end of hallway.

https://masteelfab.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Live-Casino-Philly-Sizzel-Reel.mp4

March 2023 Member Meeting
2023-03-08 16:30 - 19:00 | Live! Casino, 900 Packer Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19148, United States
Join Us for Our March Member Meeting!

Networking | Dinner | Industry Updates
Location: Live! Casino | 900 Packer Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19148

Register now!

Date: March 8, 2023
Time: 4:30-7:00 PM (Membership and Programming Committee Meeting – 3:00 PM)
Cost: $50 / person

This meeting will follow our new format:
There will now be more time for networking (4:30-6 PM).
Our program will be from 6-7 PM.

Live! Casino Information:

Live! Casino offers a special room rate to MASFA members! Check it out here.

Parking is free!

Directions to the meeting room:

If you enter the building from the Darien Street entrance, also known as the hotel lobby, take the escalators to the 2nd floor/Event Center. Turn right when entering the Event Center and walk to the end of the hallway.

If you enter the building from the 10th Street entrance, you must enter the casino floor and cross the full length of the casino floor to the Hotel lobby. Once you get to the Hotel lobby, take the escalators to the 2nd floor/Event Center. Turn right when entering the Event Center and walk to the end of the hallway.

From parking garage – Entrance to the adjoining parking garage is on Darien Street. After entering the garage, drive up the ramp and proceed to the third of fourth floor of the garage. (You will be turning left onto the 3rd or 4th floor). Upon entering the floor, turn right and park in any space at that end of the garage floor. Walk to entrance/parking garage elevators at that end of the garage floor and get off on the 2nd floor. Turn right when entering the Event Center and walk to end of hallway.

May 2023 Member Meeting
2023-05-17 16:30 - 19:00 | Live! Casino, 900 Packer Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19148, United States
Join Us for Our May Member Meeting!
Networking | Dinner | Industry Updates
Location: Live! Casino | 900 Packer Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19148

Register now!

Date: May 17, 2023
Time: 4:30-7:00 PM (Membership and Programming Committee Meeting – 3:00 PM)
Cost: $50 / person

This meeting will follow our new format:
There will now be more time for networking (4:30-6 PM).
Our program will be from 6-7 PM.

Live! Casino Information:

Parking is free!

Directions to the meeting room:

If you enter the building from the Darien Street entrance, also known as the hotel lobby, take the escalators to the 2nd floor/Event Center. Turn right when entering the Event Center and walk to the end of the hallway.

If you enter the building from the 10th Street entrance, you must enter the casino floor and cross the full length of the casino floor to the Hotel lobby. Once you get to the Hotel lobby, take the escalators to the 2nd floor/Event Center. Turn right when entering the Event Center and walk to the end of the hallway.

From parking garage – Entrance to the adjoining parking garage is on Darien Street. After entering the garage, drive up the ramp and proceed to the third of fourth floor of the garage. (You will be turning left onto the 3rd or 4th floor). Upon entering the floor, turn right and park in any space at that end of the garage floor. Walk to entrance/parking garage elevators at that end of the garage floor and get off on the 2nd floor. Turn right when entering the Event Center and walk to end of hallway.

September 2023 Member Meeting
2023-09-20 16:30 - 19:00 | Live! Casino, 900 Packer Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19148, United States
Join Us for Our September Member Meeting!
Networking | Dinner | Industry Updates
Location: Live! Casino | 900 Packer Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19148

Register now!

Special thanks to this meeting’s sponsor:

Date – September 20, 2023
Time – 4:30-7:00 PM (Membership and Programming Committee Meeting – 3:00 PM)
Cost – $50 / person

This meeting will follow our new format:
There will now be more time for networking (4:30-6 PM).
Our program will be from 6-7 PM.

Live! Casino Information:

Parking is free!

Directions to the meeting room:

If you enter the building from the Darien Street entrance, also known as the hotel lobby, take the escalators to the 2nd floor/Event Center. Turn right when entering the Event Center and walk to the end of the hallway.

If you enter the building from the 10th Street entrance, you must enter the casino floor and cross the full length of the casino floor to the Hotel lobby. Once you get to the Hotel lobby, take the escalators to the 2nd floor/Event Center. Turn right when entering the Event Center and walk to the end of the hallway.

From parking garage – Entrance to the adjoining parking garage is on Darien Street. After entering the garage, drive up the ramp and proceed to the third of fourth floor of the garage. (You will be turning left onto the 3rd or 4th floor). Upon entering the floor, turn right and park in any space at that end of the garage floor. Walk to entrance/parking garage elevators at that end of the garage floor and get off on the 2nd floor. Turn right when entering the Event Center and walk to end of hallway.

November 2023 Member Meeting
2023-11-15 16:30 - 19:00 | Live! Casino, 900 Packer Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19148, United States
Join Us for Our November Member Meeting!
Networking | Dinner | Industry Updates
Location: Live! Casino | 900 Packer Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19148

Register now!

Date: November 15, 2023
Time: 4:30-7:00 PM (Membership and Programming Committee Meeting – 3:00 PM)
Cost: $50 / person

This meeting will follow our new format:
There will now be more time for networking (4:30-6 PM).
Our program will be from 6-7 PM.

Live! Casino Information:

Parking is free!

Directions to the meeting room:

If you enter the building from the Darien Street entrance, also known as the hotel lobby, take the escalators to the 2nd floor/Event Center. Turn right when entering the Event Center and walk to the end of the hallway.

If you enter the building from the 10th Street entrance, you must enter the casino floor and cross the full length of the casino floor to the Hotel lobby. Once you get to the Hotel lobby, take the escalators to the 2nd floor/Event Center. Turn right when entering the Event Center and walk to the end of the hallway.

From parking garage – Entrance to the adjoining parking garage is on Darien Street. After entering the garage, drive up the ramp and proceed to the third of fourth floor of the garage. (You will be turning left onto the 3rd or 4th floor). Upon entering the floor, turn right and park in any space at that end of the garage floor. Walk to entrance/parking garage elevators at that end of the garage floor and get off on the 2nd floor. Turn right when entering the Event Center and walk to end of hallway.

Artificial Intelligence (AI): Panel Discussion & Lunch and Learn
2025-05-13 11:30 - 14:00 | PA
Learn how AI will impact your business in the coming years. Our panel will discuss the latest trends, emerging technologies, and real-world applications of AI in the steel construction industry.
Our panelists will include Luke Faulkner, AISC Director of Technology Integration and Jason Copley, Partner at Cohen Seglias. We’ll also feature an update on tariffs from David Zalesne, President of Owen Steel Co. and former chair of the AISC Board of Directors.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Tuesday, May 13th
Rivers Casino
1001 N. Delaware Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19125

Check-in: 11:30am
Lunch: 12:00pm
Presentation/Q&A: 1:00pm
Event End: approx. 2:00pm

Jason A. Copley, Partner, Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC
Jason worked in the construction industry for six years, utilizing his engineering degree as a project manager for a commercial subcontractor before earning his law degree from the Widener University School of Law. In his practice, he handles construction cases involving a wide variety of public works, multi-prime, commercial, industrial, institutional, residential, and educational construction issues.

Mark Trimble, Senior Vice President, American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)*
Mark Trimble is the Senior Vice President at the AISC where he oversees all aspects of the association’s certification, membership, and engineering programs. Among other areas, his focus is on developing Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality tools for AISC. Previously, Mark was a vice president at Huntington Steel & Supply Company, an AISC member and certified fabricator. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, he has served on the board of directors for both AISC and the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers. For over ten years he has been chair or participating member of the planning committee for NASCC: The Steel Conference.

David Zalesne is the President of Owen Steel Company, based in Columbia, SC, with plants in Columbia and Wilmington (DE). He has held that position since April 2004.
David has served on the Board of AISC since 2006, was AISC Board Chair from 2017-2019, and has been on its Executive Committee since 2015. He has led AISC Government Relations activities for more than 10 years, testifying before congress and federal agencies; authoring position papers on infrastructure policy, Buy America and trade and tariff issues; and managing a unique and complex trade case on Fabricated Structural Steel imports. He has also served under four presidential administrations as an appointed Advisor to the Steel Industry Trade Advisory Committee, working with the Department of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative on trade policies affecting the US steel industry. In South Carolina, David is on the Executive Committee of the Palmetto Business Forum, and serves as Board Chair for Harvest Hope Food Bank. David was previously a partner in a Philadelphia law firm, and served as an assistant U.S. Attorney. He has a B.A. degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. degree from Emory University School of Law.

*updated May 12, 2025

Member Event: Topgolf in Mt. Laurel, NJ
2026-05-14 17:30 - 20:00 | PA
Topgolf
Thursday, May 14th
104 Centerton Rd.
Mount Laurel, NJ 08054

Click Here to Register

✅ Gameplay ✅ Food & Beverages ✅ Networking Opportunities
Please arrive no later than 5:30 p.m. for a quick member meeting update. Event/Game Play at 6-8 p.m.
Registration deadline is May 11th!
