AISC Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

 

Anyone who's worked on a team knows that diversity makes us better.

Our mission is to foster a thriving and inclusive workforce by enhancing recruitment, onboarding, training, and retention, ensuring all professionals feel supported from the start. We equip the structural steel industry with the tools and knowledge for long-term success, driving growth and innovation across architecture, engineering, and construction sectors.

Elevate Reception at NASCC: The Steel Conference

Thanks to all who attended the Elevate Reception!

We hope you were inspired by all of the amazing work AEC industry non-profits are doing to focus on equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Did you miss the 2024 Elevate Reception? Read our recap of the event in the NASCC Newsroom.

Stay tuned for information about the 2025 Elevate Reception in Louisville, Ky.!

Elevate Reception 2023

View more shots from the 2023 ELEVATE Reception.

Thank you to our 2024 Elevate Reception Sponsors


Speaker

W&W|AFCO Steel


Event DJ

Procore


Dessert + Sparkling Wine Bar


Nucor



Bar

Larson Engineering            NCSEA       Procore      Steel Dynamics, Inc.


Food

ACT Metal Deck Supply    Degenkolb      IMPACT/Iron Workers

Ruby + Associates          SteelPlus      Taylor Devices



Partners for Change

AL Tech            Bendco      Cast Connex      Cohen Seglias

Exact Detailing        GWY      Harley Ellis Devereaux      Linq

SE U          Wiss Janney Elstner            TUV Rheinland          Wiss Janney Elstner

 

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Bridges to Prosperity

Bridges to Prosperity (B2P) is a nonprofit organization that builds footbridges in isolated communities across the world. It's something we're particularly proud to support because it gets to the heart of what bridges are all about: connecting people.

Since 2016, NSBA-led Bridges to Prosperity projects have connected some 4,300 people to schools, health care, and markets.

In May 2024, NSBA and Bridges to Prosperity built an 85-m bridge near Muhanga, Rwanda--NSBA's sixth such project and our third Bridges to Prosperity project in Rwanda! The team built the trail bridge, largely by hand, in less than two weeks.

Voices of the Industry

You can find more interviews with remarkable people in the Modern Steel Construction Field Notes podcast.

Gary Stein

Steins Sell Steel

Gary Stein has guided the steel distribution company his father founded from a one-location operation into a market leader.

Joshua Schultz

At Home in Academia

Joshua Schultz entered the AEC world with visions of becoming an architect, but he has found his fit in academia after nearly a decade at Gonzaga University.

Ashley Thrall

Riveting Research

University of Notre Dame professor Ashley Thrall quickly immersed herself in engineering when she discovered it after college, and she’s now a respected researcher who runs a cutting-edge campus laboratory.

Heather Gilmer

Fluent in Bridges

Heather Gilmer studied linguistics before finding her way to her original engineering passion: bridges. Combining them has led to 20-plus years in fabrication quality management and specification writing.

AEC industry non-profits focusing on equity, diversity, and inclusion:

 

Arab American Association of Engineers & Architects NAMEPA - National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates She Built This City
Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) - Culture of CARE National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) SHPE - Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Association of Women in the Metals Industry National Black Contractors Association Skilled Trade Coalition
Build Out Alliance NOMA - National Organization of Minority Architects SWE - Society of Women Engineers
BuildOUT California NOME - National Organization of Minority Engineers WIA - Women in Architecture
Chicago Women in the Trades/Tradeswomen Taskforce NSBE - National Society of Black Engineers WiSE - Women in Structural Engineering
Engineers Rising oSTEM Women's Transportation Seminar
EqxD - Equity By Design/AIA Qu-AKE - Queer Advocacy and Knowledge Exchange  
IMPACT/Ironworkers International SE3 – Structural Engineering Engagement and Equity/NCSEA