FEATURES

22   Macy’s Makeover
By John Brunner, PE, Tom Soell, PE, and Hillary Nicholas, PE
Turning a department store into an office building presented several atypical hurdles ultimately overcome with steel solutions.

30   Steeling Time
By Josh Olund
Steel played a pivotal role in MaineDOT’s fast-tracked design, construction, and opening of a vital U.S.-Canada crossing.

36   At Ease
By Terry McMillian
Thorough preparation in advance of a certification audit is the best way for fabricators and erectors to reduce nervousness about it.

42   Cross-Country Celebration
By Patrick Engel
SteelDays, AISC’s annual event highlighting the domestic steel industry, united all corners of the AEC field for an inside look at various links in the steel supply chain.

50   Speed Studies
By Devin Huber, PE, PhD, and Caitlin Colsia
Research projects were a crucial part of AISC’s Need for Speed initiative—and several of them made significant impacts on faster steel construction.

Conference Preview
56   Embodied Carbon by the Numbers
By John Cross, PE
Determining embodied carbon of construction materials involves few finite values and ample critical thinking.

COLUMNS

SteelWise
14   Considerations for Cladding Connections
By Colleen Stuber Zukanovic, AIA, and Ezra Arif Edwin, SE
The exterior cladding on a steel building requires meticulous connection design to the main structure. Consider these cladding tips in the design phase.

Field Notes
18   Steins Sell Steel
Interview by Geoff Weisenberger
Gary Stein has guided the steel distribution company his father founded from a one-location operation into a market leader.

Business Issues
20   A Letter to/from the Mid-Level Engineer
By Aaron Kostrzewa, PE
An experienced engineer offers advice: learning experiences don’t stop after a short time on the job.

NASCC: THE STEEL CONFERENCE

69   2025 Advance Program