 It gives us more than three times the office and meeting space of our previous headquarters, and it provides room for our board, committee, and educational activities.”

The lobby of the headquarters features a bronze sculpture created by sculptor Gregory Johnson and donated to the American Welding Society by President Rice and his wife Cherry.The publication currently known as the "Welding Journal" was born in October 1919 with a different name.The "Journal of the American Welding Society" was its original title - and it had just one issue under this name.