Brochures & Promotional Material
Structural Steel: The Material and the Industry
Service Center Brochure [F051-06]
This reference guide for developers, architects, contractors, and engineers explains the role of the service centers in the structural steel industry. Besides detailing general questions about service centers, this guide provides an overview of the benefits of service centers and their importance within the steel industry.
Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel [F025-03]
A set of guidelines developed to assist in the specification of AESS previously published in Modern Steel Construction. The goal of these tools is to allow the designer to communicate the desired appearance in a format that contractors can price/budget/bid more appropriately.
Sample AESS specification text is also available separately in MS-Word format for easy editing & inclusion in your job specs.
Bending and Rolling of Structural Steel for the Architect and Engineer [F045-06]
A guide showcasing various projects that utilize curved steel. This guide explores the benefits of using curved steel, while answering the questions: Who curves steel? Where can you use steel? How do you curve it? Is it easy? Where can I find additional information? In-depth answers to these questions provide engineers and architects with valuable knowledge about bending steel.
Bending and Rolling of Structural Steel – Specifiers [F045-07]
This guide helps clarify terminology and geometry for specifying curved structural steel members. Being able to specify a curved piece of steel—and knowing that a detailer, fabricator, and bender-roller will be able to create that piece—is one step towards a successful curved steel project.
General Building Topics: Fire, Blast, Seismic
Facts for Steel Buildings #1: Fire [F019-03]
Intended to serve as an objective general reference and introductory primer, in a convenient question and answer format, for the benefit of engineers, architects, building code officials, owners, developers, construction managers, general contractors and the general public and others with interest in the subject.
Facts for Steel Buildings #2: Blast and Progressive Collapse [F041-05]
Presents background and definitions for explosive loads and progressive collapse, general principles of blast loads and response prediction, recommendations for structures designed to resist blast and mitigate progressive collapse, recent guidelines and Federal and DoD requirements, some observations from historical events, and some information on ongoing research.
Facts for Steel Buildings #3: Earthquakes and Seismic Design [F070-09]
This Facts for Steel Buildings presents an overview of the causes of earthquakes, the earthquake effects that damage structures, the structural properties that are effective in minimizing damage, and the organization and intent of seismic design requirements for steel structures in the U.S. today.
Ronald O. Hamburger
Fire Protection – Articles from The Plumbing Engineer [F028-03]
A 38-page booklet comprised of various articles from “Plumbing Engineer.” The 13 detailed articles written by Richard C. Schulte provide in-depth analysis on fire protection issues.
Engineering Guide – Fire Exposure to Structural Elements [F054--04]
A 150-page guide of methods and formulas intended to predict the thermal boundary condition for fire over time.
Comparison of Structural Performance of Multi-Story Buildings Under Extreme Events [F039-04]
A 53-page report providing a structural engineering review and objective assessment of multi-story building collapses in the U.S. due to extreme events including blast, impact, and fire. The following events and building associated with them are documented: The 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the 1995 Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma bombing, the September 11 attacks on the Pentagon in Washington DC and World Trade Center towers, and surrounding buildings in NYC.
Parking Structures
Building Tomorrow's Parking Structures Today [F012-02]
A 4 page color brochure showing a variety of steel-framed solutions for parking garages.
This brochure is available for free download here.
Innovative Solutions in Steel: Open-Deck Parking Structures [F016-02]
A fact filled 30-page booklet for owners, developers, architects and consultants providing background on design issues and parameters for open deck parking structures. An evaluation of the benefits of utilizing a structural steel framing system is included.
This brochure is available for free download here.
Steel Tips: Noted on Design of Steel Parking Structures including Seismic Effects [F035-01]
This document offers an overview of the steel parking structure world, with an emphasis on parking structure designs in seismic regions. The manual contains summaries of issues related to parking structure designs, including specifics such as design of deck systems, painting, and fire protection.
Parking Today Reprint [F081-01]
This article which originally appeared in Parking Today highlights the evolution of steel framed parking structures and the benefits they bring to the marketplace.
Case Studies: Successes in Steel-Framed Parking Structures [F026-04]
An 82-page color manual divided into seven parts which explain the benefits of steel-framed parking structures. Aside from success stories, this guide covers a range of issues related to steel parking structures including cost and speed, design, durability, expandability, seismic issues, and design-build.
Gaining the Benefits of Structural Steel: Parking Structure Case Studies [F069]
A 15-page, color booklet highlighting the benefits of structural steel as the material used in parking structures. The booklet contains specific case studies as well as input from experienced industry professionals promoting the benefits of using steel on parking structure projects.
Case Study: Northern Colorado Medical Center [F104]
This one-page, colorful brochure offers a look at how the AISC Steel Solutions Center provided resources to team members responsible for building the Northern Colorado Medical Center Parking Structure. This piece documents the successes of the structure which resulted in erected steel in 4 weeks, a 2 month cut off of the projected schedule, and an additional 120 spaces added to the 500-car garage while remaining within the original budget.
Office Buildings
Framing Solutions for Office Buildings [F043-05]
A colorful brochure promoting the use of steel in the construction of office buildings by emphasizing steel’s cost-effective construction, its use in schedule-driven projects, tenant-focused marketability, and the innovative solutions it offers for the 21st century.
Steel - Framed Office Buildings - Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century [F044-06]
This 11-page color brochure offers case studies of various office buildings, and details how steel acted as a solution for an array of challenges these projects faced.
Case Study in Steel - Office Buildings: Latitudes, Miami, Florida [F0536]
This case study takes a look at the construction process of two high-rise buildings being built with steel in Miami. Featured is Latitude One, a 455,000 square foot, 24-story office building—making it the largest steel structure in southern Florida. The article describes what led project members to choose steel instead of concrete—the material typically used for building projects in Florida.
Economic Solutions in Steel - Multi-Story Buildings [F067-00]
A 30-page color booklet featuring various multi-story buildings throughout the world. The booklet offers multiple pictures of each project, statistics and facts, as well as input from engineers, contractors, and architects who worked on the projects.
Steel Solutions Center: Office Building Prototype 1 [F074-06]
This booklet demonstrates how AISC’s Steel Solutions Center (SSC) provides solutions in structural steel for clients. A sample project is introduced (in this case, an architect must decide how to identify the most economical and efficient solution for an office building). The client reaches out to the SSC for guidance on the project, and a step by step conceptual solution is produced by AISC’s Steel Solutions Center team.
Multi-Story Residential Projects
Structural Steel Framing Solutions for Multi-Story Residential Buildings [F021-02]
A 16-page color brochure illustrating steel solutions for hotels, dormitories, apartment buildings and luxury condominiums.
This brochure is available for free download here.
Special Report: Low Floor-to-Floor Height Systems [F014-02]
A 16-page report on different steel framing systems for achieving low floor-to-floor heights in multi-story residential buildings. The following articles from this brochure are available for free download in PDF format: Staggered Truss System Proves Economical For Hotels, Achieving Low Floor-to-Floor Heights, Superstructure Completed in Just Eight Weeks, Close Quarters
The Anatomy of a Staggered Truss [F068]
A graphic representation of a staggered truss system presented in the form of construction drawings and details.
Case Study: Dormitory – State University of New York – Binghamton, New York [F046-06]
This one-page informational brochure explains why steel was the material of choice for a proposed five-story residential hall, and how its success lead to three more residence halls being built in the same fashion. The brochure includes building specifics such as cost, schedule, design flexibility, and durability.
Case Study: Dormitory – DePaul University – Chicago, Illinois [F047-06]
This one-page informational brochure explains why steel was the material of choice for a multi-story residential hall in an urban setting. Specific reasons for the choosing to use steel for the project, including aesthetic appeal, maintenance, durability, and budget are all detailed in the description.
Case Study: Dormitory – Santa Cruz, California [F048-06]
This one-page informational brochure explains why steel was the material of choice for a multi-story residential hall in a seismic region. Steel was the best solution for the project given a number of challenges such as seismic concerns and speed of construction. The brochure highlights how steel allowed the building to be completed six months ahead of schedule, saved time and money, and was the only material to meet foundation requirements.
Case Study: Dormitory – University of New Jersey [F049-06]
This one-page informational brochure explains why steel was the material of choice for a 9-story residential hall that needed to be built on top of an existing 5-story parking garage. The handout details reasons why steel was chosen for this project, including speed of construction, low floor-to-floor heights, and cost efficiency.
Steel Solutions Center: Multi-story Residential Prototype II [F075-04]
This booklet demonstrates how AISC’s Steel Solutions Center (SSC) provides solutions in structural steel for clients. A typical project is introduced (in this case, an architect and general contractor accustomed to working with concrete need guidance developing a steel alternative for a condominium project). The client reaches out to the SSC for guidance on the project, and a step by step a conceptual solution in steel is produced by AISC’s Steel Solutions Center team which results in time and money saved on the project.
Steel Solutions Center: Multi-story Residential Prototype III [F076-05]
This booklet demonstrates how AISC’s Steel Solutions Center (SSC) provides solutions in structural steel for clients. A typical project is introduced (in this case, the construction schedule for a hotel needs to be cut in half). The client reaches out to the SSC for guidance on the project, and a step by step a conceptual solution in steel is produced by AISC’s Steel Solutions Center team. This results in a reduction of the construction schedule by half, lower project costs, and increased flexibility for the hotel layout.
Case Study: Building Success with Staggered Truss [F079-02]
This reprinted article from The Fabricator takes an in-depth look at the staggered truss system and how its comeback in the construction market is impacting structural fabricators. The article provides a detailed overview of staggered-truss basics, its benefits, as well as specific cases in which the staggered truss was used.
Case Study: Complex Apartments [F089-04]
This reprinted article from Modern Steel Construction highlights how the staggered truss system and design-build were used to speed the completion of an apartment complex in Ames, IA. Also a case study in teamwork, this article demonstrates how the collaboration of the fabricator, erector, precaster, and general contractor reduced costs and construction time.
Case Study: Lenox Apartments [F103]
This one-page handout details how AISC’s Steel Solutions Center (SSC) was instrumental in the success of a six-story, 300 unit residential project that was under a strict deadline. The SSC developed an innovative solution using steel which ensured that the project was completed on time and cut expenses. The use of steel framing and the SSC ensured a successful multi-story residential building.
Miscellaneous Structures
Innovations in Steel Passenger Stations Around the World [F065-94]
A 30-page color brochure examining how transportation, steel, and architecture have combined forces resulting in successful transportation stations around the world. Specific structural modes addressed are: roofs and canopies, individual stations, integrated transport systems, stations and urban development.
Innovations in Steel Sports Structures Around the World [F066-98]
A 30-page color brochure highlighting the use of structural steel in sports stadiums across the world. The brochure covers a range of projects, from stadiums with seating capacities of 80,000 to roofs covering basketball courts, this brochure explains why steel has become the material of choice for sports structures throughout the world.
Project Delivery
Design/Build and the Steel Fabricator [F015-01]
An article reprint from Modern Steel Construction that discusses how the steel fabricator can play a key role in successful design/build projects.
This brochure is available for free download here.
It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way [F018-03]
A brochure examining steel project delivery methods and the individual expectations of the developer, architect, engineer and steel fabricator. The brochure explains how cooperation and early communication among these individuals results in increased productivity and shortens the time of the project while cutting costs.
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished [F023-03]
The early involvement of fabricators and other specialty contractors on projects inevitably leads to a reduction of project costs and a shortening of project schedules. Yet the early involvement of the fabricator often places the contributing fabricator at a disadvantage of “knowing too much” about the project when bids are evaluated. This article explores effective methods of balancing the risks and rewards of early involvement and emphasizing value based selection processes.
Design/Build: Teamwork Works [F030-02]
A series of four profiles on successful projects using the design/build project delivery method. Each profile features the contribution of the structural steel fabricator to the successful completion of the job. The following articles from this brochure are available for free download in PDF format: 19 Months From Idea To Occupancy, The New Denver Broncos Stadium, A New Dimension to Design-Build Design-Build and Design-Assist: Two Growth Areas at Havens Steel
Conceptual Estimating, Design-Build and the Steel Fabricator [F031-01]
A reprinted article from Modern Steel Construction exploring the role that conceptual estimating plays when a fabricator is involved early in the design of a project and the methods that can be used to determine accurate estimates.
Improving Project Performance and Productivity [F062-04]
This reprinted article from Architectural Record emphasizes the benefits of a quality management plan in successfully improving performance and productivity. The article explains the role of the architect in coordinating and completing construction documents, and gives a detailed overview of the CASE 962D Guideline and its role in a successfully completed project.
Note: no longer eligible for AIA credit
Interoperability and the Construction Process [F040-04]
An 11-page booklet designed to raise awareness about the advantages of interoperability within the steel construction industry. The booklet features three case studies documenting interoperability successes, as well as a historical perspective, recent trends, and the challenges in the construction sector of accepting interoperability.
Note: no longer eligible for AIA credit
Getting on Board with Building Information Modeling [F063-06]
A 12-page color brochure with a detailed overview of the benefits of BIM, allowing readers the necessary information to apply BIM to a building project. Visuals throughout the brochure enable readers to understand the advantages of 3-D modeling.
Note: no longer eligible for AIA credit