About the Architectural Glass Institute (AGI)
Glass & Metal Alliance (formerly AGI) represents the region’s leading architectural glass and metal contractors and craftspeople. Our members are the design and construction community’s preferred choice for installations of exterior and interior glass throughout Greater Philadelphia, Southern New Jersey, and Delaware. Offering consultative insight and flawless installation, Glass & Metal Alliance’s specialized architectural glass and metal teams ensure projects meet the highest standards. When you specify or hire a Glass & Metal Alliance member, you get a teammate committed to continuing education and design partnership, ready to provide high-quality work, constructability resources, and creative collaboration.
Our Mission
The Glass & Metal Alliance’s mission is to elevate our member contractors and craftworkers as the preferred choice for installations of exterior and interior glazing systems in the region. Glass & Metal Alliance (formerly AGI) member contractors and skilled, professional workforce support the design and construction industry with resources and expertise. Glass & Metal Alliance and its members encourage quality at every turn.
Our Vision
The Glass & Metal Alliance’s vision is to increase market share by fostering awareness, building relationships, and giving voice to our glaziers and contractors. Glass & Metal Alliance proactively serves the design and construction industry by sharing information and resources and supporting the latest advances in architectural glass and metal.
Glass & Metal Alliance’s Strategic Relationships
Architectural Glass & Metal Association (AGMA)
AGMA is a membership community of glazing contractors and affiliated service providers in southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, Delaware, and the Eastern Shore of Maryland. AGMA’s people, resources, knowledge, and industry partnerships generate clear opportunities for its members to grow, to be profitable, and to diminish risk. AGMA’s member collaboration powers industry growth, the achievement of high standards, and harmonious relations with industry stakeholders.
District Council 21 (DC21)
Affiliated with the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT), District Council 21 represents over 4,500 members in the finishing trades in Central and Northeast Pennsylvania, Greater Philadelphia, Southern New Jersey, and Delaware. IUPAT District Council 21 is proud to provide career opportunities to apprentices and journeypersons in the construction industry and to ensure the best wages and benefits for craftworkers including glaziers and architectural glass and metal workers. District Council 21 is recognized as one of the most active unions in the region for both community service and member involvement.
Glaziers Local Union 252 (LU252)
Glaziers Local Union 252 represents architectural glass and metal craftworkers of District Council 21. From industry education and training to safety resources and dedicated safety inspectors, Local Union 252 offers craftworkers who are prepared to contribute quality and value on every job.