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December 2019

December 2019

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A Brief History of One Prudential Plaza - AISC HQ

AISC recently hosted a social event during the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's 2019 World Congress in Chicago. At the event, Sherwin Asrow, who performed the lateral force analysis for One Prudential Plaza, shared his experience with AISC's own tall building. 

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Test your steel knowledge!

Watch this space every Wednesday for a challenging new Steel Quiz question. Correct answers will be entered in a monthly drawing for a prize. December's Prize: AISC Design Guide 21, Welded Connections.

Answers to the previous week's quiz will be posted each week along with the new question. Get ready! Get set! Go!

Congratulations to November's Winners

Ray W., Nep V. and Greg B. will receive copies of AISC Design Guides 33, 34 and 35 on curved members, steel-framed stairways, and storm shelters for their randomly selected correct answers!

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A Need for Speed

Big...hairy...and audacious are how we describe AISC's goal--its "BHAG"--to make steel construction 50% faster by the end of 2025. The BHAG was discussed at the Steel Innovations Symposium in San Francisco on SteelDay.

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Popular Podcasts

The AISC Podcast series, Steel Profiles, brings you up close and personal with many of the steel industry's leading professionals.

Ron KlemencicThe chairman and CEO at MKA talks about tall-building design, SpeedCore, and more. Ted GalambosThe legendary "Father of LRFD" himself chats about his fascinating life and research. Ronald Ziemian The 2019 AISC T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award Winner explains the most important concept for engineers to understand about stability.
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