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Author Message W. Dean Walker, AIA, CCS, SCIP Senior Member Username: wdwalkerspecs Post Number: 46 Registered: 08-2006 Posted on Tuesday, August 02, 2011 - 03:56 pm:    What American hollow metal door company makes thermally broken hollow metal door frames besides Curries and Ceco? David Axt, AIA, CCS, CSI Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1225 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Wednesday, August 03, 2011 - 12:40 pm:    Pioneer Industries (www.pioneerindustries.com) out of Illinois and New Jersey. David Axt, AIA, CCS, CSI Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1226 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Wednesday, August 03, 2011 - 12:48 pm:    Amweld also makes a thermally broken frame. Ron Lindow, CSI, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP New member Username: ron_lindow Post Number: 1 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Wednesday, August 03, 2011 - 02:37 pm:    Amweld is now manufactured in Mexico W. Dean Walker, AIA, CCS, SCIP Senior Member Username: wdwalkerspecs Post Number: 47 Registered: 08-2006 Posted on Wednesday, August 03, 2011 - 04:14 pm:    David, thank you very much. I now have 3 American manufacturers which should satisfy my public project. I just checked the Pioneer site and they do make the frame I need. David Axt, AIA, CCS, CSI Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1227 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Wednesday, August 03, 2011 - 04:41 pm:    Dean, Why the "American made" requirement? W. Dean Walker, AIA, CCS, SCIP Senior Member Username: wdwalkerspecs Post Number: 48 Registered: 08-2006 Posted on Wednesday, August 03, 2011 - 04:49 pm:    David, City of Chicago and State of Illinois politics. The reviewers are picky. What I'm writing is a public library and the spec is going to become a prototype for other Architects to use, so I want it to be right. Its still in Masterformat 95, however.