New Economies in Steel Framed Buildings Earns T. R. Higgins Award [INACTIVE]
February 18, 2002 From AISC, Inc.
W. Samuel Easterling, Associate Professor and Assistant Department Head, Virginia Tech, has been selected as the American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc. (AISC) 2002 T.R. Higgins Award winner. This years Higgins Award is awarded based on the topic of long-span composite slabs. His work has the potential to lead to new economies in the design and construction of steel framed buildings. The use of 16 ga deck can increase spans from the current 8-10’ on typical structures to 15’. The increased spans can result in significant cost savings due to a reduction in number the filler beams and their connections.
Each year the AISC Education Foundation and a selected jury selects an outstanding lecturer and author whose technical paper(s) are considered an outstanding contribution to the engineering literature on fabricated structural steel. The Higgins Award will be presented at the 2002 North American Steel Construction Conference (NASCC) in Seattle, WA, April 24-27, 2002. After W. Samuel Easterling presents his paper “Development in Long-Span Composite Slabs” at the 2002 NASCC, it will be presented at six or more cities throughout the United States in 2002 as a part of AISC’s continuing education seminars. For more information about the Higgins Award or other AISC awards, visit the AISC website at www.aisc.org/awards.html.
AISC, headquartered in Chicago, is a not-for-profit technical institute and trade association established in 1921 to serve the structural steel design community and construction industry in the United States. AISC’s mission is to make structural steel the material of choice by being the leader in structural-steel-related technical and market-building activities, including: specification and code development, research, education, technical assistance, quality certification, standardization, and market development. AISC has a long tradition of more than 80 years of service to the steel construction industry providing timely and reliable information.
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American Institute of Steel Construction
The American Institute of Steel Construction, headquartered in Chicago, is a not-for-profit technical institute and trade association established in 1921 to serve the structural steel design community and construction industry. AISC’s mission is to make structural steel the material of choice by being the leader in structural steel-related technical and market-building activities, including: specification and code development, research, education, technical assistance, quality certification, standardization, and market development. AISC has a long tradition of service to the steel construction industry of providing timely and reliable information.
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