News - Gypsum Association

January 23, 2025

Where Does the Time Go?

by Susan Hines, LEED Green Assoc., Director, Stewardship and External Affairs A few days ago, GA Executive Director Steve Meima acknowledged my January 2014 hire date […]

October 10, 2024

Pull Adhesion Testing of Coatings on Gypsum Sheathing

The scope of this white paper is three-fold, ﬁrst, a review of the wind load requirements set forth in ASCE 7-22 and the IBC 2021, and […]

July 30, 2024

Gypsum Association Releases Revised Code Referenced Publications

2024 Editions of GA-600 Fire Resistance and Sound Control Design Manual and GA-216 Application and Finishing of Gypsum Panel Products Available Silver Spring, MD – July […]

January 23, 2024

Gypsum Association’s Michael Schmeida to Chair ASTM Committee E05

SILVER SPRING, Md., Jan. 23, 2024 — The Gypsum Association (GA) is pleased to announce that Michael Schmeida, MSc, LEED AP, the association’s Director of Codes, […]

December 19, 2023

Dec. 7, 2023, Colorado Chapter International Code Council Annual Business Meeting
Colorado Spring, CO

September 20, 2023

GA-214-2021 Levels of Finish for Gypsum Panel Products Translated into Spanish and French

SILVER SPRING, Md., Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — For the first time, the Gypsum Association (GA) has translated GA-214-2021 Levels of Finish for Gypsum Panel Products […]

August 21, 2023

OSHA NRTL Program Not Applicable to Gypsum Panels or Systems

Recently, the Gypsum Association (GA) learned that two code jurisdictions no longer accept some assemblies listed in the code-recognized GA-600 Fire Resistance and Sound Control Design […]

June 1, 2023

Gypsum Association Revises Text in GA-216 (2016)

As the technical, promotion, and information center of the gypsum industry, the Gypsum Association takes its responsibilities to the public and the contractor community very seriously. […]

June 1, 2023

Gypsum Area Separation Firewalls (May 2021)

Gypsum area separation firewalls have been constructed for more than 35 years and are an excellent way to separate dwelling units in multi-unit residential construction—referred to […]