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