Bruce Ward

Mr. Ward was introduced to steel stud framing in 1968 by Bill Knorr, a visionary of his time, who was his mentor. He worked weekends and summers through high school and he quickly learned the trade. Mr. Ward worked full-time in the trades and followed Mr. Knorr into the manufacturing of steel studs in 1973. During the next 12 years, he managed five stud plants, and he started building steel-framed houses. Mr. Ward has a commercial framing background, and he has a clear understanding of the manufacturing process, and this gave him the ability to process user-friendly detailing components and connectors that framers use to this day. In 1991 the Steel industry (AISI) made a push to get involved in the single-family steel home market and they were looking for someone who was building steel homes and they found Mr. Ward. AISI hired him to travel the United States to educate on how to build with steel. He was also hired by numerous large companies to train and oversee the construction of large multi-story load bearing buildings. Mr. Ward recently finished his latest house that is a totally non-combustible structure. He has built 150 single family steel homes in the last 50 years, including 5 steel homes in the very subdivision in which he lives in Eastern Oregon in the past 4 years.