FEATURES

23    What’s Cool in Steel
Each year, Modern Steel presents a compendium of fun projects—typically smaller buildings or structures or additions to larger ones—showcasing the cool use of steel.

42    Trussed to the Nines
By Dani Friedland
Future engineers proved their “metal” at the 2019 AISC Student Steel Bridge Competition.

52    Wild Ride to Carbondale
By Kristi Sattler, SE, PE, PhD
For the first time ever, AISC’s Student Steel Bridge Competition implemented a Wild Card policy—and the University of Alaska Anchorage bridge team made the most of it.

56    2019 NASCC Hot Products
Hot Products are here! These products were all on display at the 2019 NASCC: The Steel Conference and represent the wide range of machinery, technology, and other products and services that bolster the structural steel industry.

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16    Industrious Industrial Design
By James M. Fisher, PE, PhD
The third edition of AISC’s Design Guide 7 on industrial buildings provides helpful tips and design advice on tackling your next industrial design project.

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20    Get Involved  
By Anne Scarlett
Tips for marketing leadership to make your firm’s involvement with nonprofits and other charitable organizations easy and effective.