Oh sure, I forgot that an acronym is supposed to be pronounceable.

I wonder if the GSCE is like America's GED, which is a test a high-school dropout can take to show that s/he has become as educated as a high school graduate. GED is not an acronym.

The ICC is probably what Megan said, because the story was set in Birmingham.

Re RSJ: actually, it's hard to imagine a steel joist that wouldn't be rigid. We call them I-beams. (based on the cross section) There are also H-beams.

I thought MFI would be something like "Molded, Fibrous Implements."