i n the AWI Technical Committee's ongoing work to write the latest series of AWI standards, AWI technical staff has fielded manufacturers' questions about the new 0641 Architectural Wood Casework Standard and its effect on casework constructed according to the prescriptive requirements found in the Architectural Woodwork Standards (AWS) Editions One and Two. To lower production costs and gain higher efficiencies in the manufacturing process, manufacturers continue to inquire and want to know if different casework joinery and materials combinations could be used in lieu of the overly prescriptive requirements in the AWS, Editions One and Two. The answer is YES! summer 2019 I designsolutions 51