AWI Standards

Elevate Your Standards With AWI

AWI standards provide woodworking businesses with a framework for achieving and demonstrating high-quality architectural woodwork. This not only enhances your reputation but also helps you meet customer expectations, reduce costs, and remain competitive in the industry.

Submittals

Establish effective and standardized communication through submittals and ensure project quality and success by achieving precise execution of architectural woodwork and interior finishes that align with design intent.

Care & Storage

Maintain the quality and integrity of architectural woodwork throughout its life cycle. Learn how to properly care for, handle, and store your woodwork and interior finishes.

Materials

Ensure high-quality craftsmanship by learning how to select and work with appropriate wood materials.

Factory Finishing

Consistently achieve finishes that are high-quality, aesthetically pleasing, and durable by following this criteria for evaluating the performance and aesthetic attributes of factory-applied finishes to architectural woodwork and interior products.

Finish Carpentry / Installation

Ensure the highest quality and structural integrity in the installation of architectural woodwork and related interior products while achieving uniformity, consistency, and aesthetic excellence in your projects.

Architectural Wood Casework

Produce high-quality architectural wood casework with well-defined aesthetic and performance requirements by learning the industry-established standards and tolerances for architectural wood casework.

Wood Stair, Handrail, and Guard Systems

Ensure the structural integrity and aesthetic appeal of wood stairs, handrails, and guard systems by learning how to maintain high-quality standards in their fabrication and installation process.

Manufactured Wood Casework

Gain control over the aesthetic quality and structural integrity of your manufactured wood casework and ensure uniformity and excellence in the final products through compliance with AWI standards.

Countertops

Maintain a high level of control over the quality and fit of your countertops. Ensure consistency and uniformity in the visual and structural aspects of architectural woodwork projects

Elevate Your Standards With AWI

AWI standards provide woodworking businesses with a framework for achieving and demonstrating high-quality architectural woodwork. This not only enhances your reputation but also helps you meet customer expectations, reduce costs, and remain competitive in the industry.

Submittals

Establish effective and standardized communication through submittals and ensure project quality and success by achieving precise execution of architectural woodwork and interior finishes that align with design intent.

Care & Storage

Maintain the quality and integrity of architectural woodwork throughout its life cycle. Learn how to properly care for, handle, and store your woodwork and interior finishes.

Materials

Ensure high-quality craftsmanship by learning how to select and work with appropriate wood materials.

Factory Finishing

Consistently achieve finishes that are high-quality, aesthetically pleasing, and durable by following this criteria for evaluating the performance and aesthetic attributes of factory-applied finishes to architectural woodwork and interior products.

Finish Carpentry / Installation

Ensure the highest quality and structural integrity in the installation of architectural woodwork and related interior products while achieving uniformity, consistency, and aesthetic excellence in your projects.

Architectural Wood Casework

Produce high-quality architectural wood casework with well-defined aesthetic and performance requirements by learning the industry-established standards and tolerances for architectural wood casework.

Wood Stair, Handrail, and Guard Systems

Ensure the structural integrity and aesthetic appeal of wood stairs, handrails, and guard systems by learning how to maintain high-quality standards in their fabrication and installation process.

Manufactured Wood Casework

Gain control over the aesthetic quality and structural integrity of your manufactured wood casework and ensure uniformity and excellence in the final products through compliance with AWI standards.

Countertops

Maintain a high level of control over the quality and fit of your countertops. Ensure consistency and uniformity in the visual and structural aspects of architectural woodwork projects.

Millwork and Wood Trim

Elevate the quality and longevity of your millwork and wood trim projects.This comprehensive resource outlines the performance benchmarks for catalog, custom-made, and shop-fabricated components, ensuring a flawless and enduring finish in any setting.

Wood Paneling

Discover the quality and fit standards for a variety of wall and ceiling paneling materials, including solid wood, wood veneer, and more. Ensure the success of your interior finishing projects by learning how to properly match veneers and panels within specific building areas for a cohesive and visually appealing result.

Specialty Casework

Specialty Casework

Achieve exceptional quality and precision in your specialty casework projects. This indispensable guide establishes the benchmarks for structural integrity and aesthetic excellence, ensuring that your custom-built casework not only looks stunning but also stands the test of time.

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Historic Restoration of
Architectural Woodwork

Bridge the past and present with excellence. This special guide helps ensure exceptional results while honoring historical authenticity in heritage woodwork. Following this standard fortifies historic restoration projects by aligning modern restoration practices with historical accuracy.