AISC is joining the mission to conserve energy consumption by participating in Daylight Hour tomorrow, June 22. 

We’ll be in New York this week for the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Conference on Architecture 2018 (A’18) at the Jacob Javits Center.

Last Friday, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released a list of products imported from China that will be subject to additional tariffs as part of the U.S. response to China’s unfair trade practices related to the forced transfer of American technology and intellectual property.

Show the great work your firm does in steel through entering the 2019 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Awards competition!

Planted majestically outside of the Ratliff Building, home to the University of Texas at Tyler’s College of Engineering, a brown steel sculpture juxtaposes tan brick buildings and open green spaces.

Before joining AISC’s continuing education team in November 2017, Nathaniel Gonner worked as a structural engineer at Chicago firm EXP.

After years of disputes whether the site of 9/11 should be preserved as a memorial or reconstructed as a skyscraper, 3 World Trade Center (WTC) opened today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in its three-story glass lobby.

The American Galvanizers Association (AGA) recently presented 17 projects the 2018 Excellence in Hot-Dip Galvanizing Award.

Spending the summer exploring structural steel buildings and structures is at the top of our bucket list.

If you missed sessions from the 2018 NASCC: The Steel Conference in Baltimore (or you want to rewatch your favorites), you can catch up online!

Structural steel is made up of 93% recycled content on average and has a recycling rate of 98%—both the highest of any building framing material.

The student steel bridge team from Lafayette College, Easton, Penn., were crowned champions in the 2018 ASCE/AISC National Student Steel Bridge Competition (NSSBC), hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 25-26.

Architecturally exposed structural steel (AESS) can beautifully and creatively express the structural integrity of a building and put the structural system at the aesthetic forefront. 

The Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral in Raleigh, N.C., was named a project of the year by the Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA). Buckner Companies (an AISC member and certified erector), the project's steel erector, was recognized at SEAA’s 2018 Annual Convention in Greensboro, N.C., in April. The winning projects demonstrate the range and complexity of steel construction in the United States.

Over the last 10 years, a lot has changed in the steel construction world, from increased competition from concrete and wood to greater aversion to risk to online business relationships.

Everyone involved in steel design and construction is encouraged to submit nominations for the prestigious T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award, which includes a $15,000 cash prize.

The Steel Joist Institute (SJI) and the Steel Deck Institute are hosting a webinar on design of steel deck for concentrated and non-uniform loading.

Every last Monday in May, we celebrate Memorial Day in remembrance of those who died in active military service.

AISC’s newest Night School course begins June 18 with the first half of the course focusing on the structural behavior of curved members, examining both vertically and horizontally curved members and their connections.

In the months since the Trump administration announced a 25% tariff on raw steel imports as a matter of national security, the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) has been actively working to have fabricated steel from China and other non-exempt countries included in the products covered by the tariff to protect U.S. fabricators and businesses in the design and construction industries.

The NCSEA Structural Engineering Engagement and Equity (SE3) Committee is currently administering a nationwide survey of structural engineering professionals.

Feast your eyes on this year's IDEAS² Award winners in the May issue of Modern Steel Construction.

AISC is exhibiting at the Society of American Military Engineers’ Joint Engineer Training Conference (SAME JETC) on May 24-25 in Kansas City, Mo. 

The month of May is Building Safety Month (BSM), hosted by the International Code Council (ICC).

The second edition of AISC’s Design Guide 15: Rehabilitation and Retrofit (DG15), is now available.

The American Iron and Steel Institute, Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance, American Galvanizers Association, and TEG Engineering, LLC are hosting a webinar on an inventive, new shape in short span bridge design: the press-brake tub girder (PBTG).

A recent AISC white paper reports that the greenhouse gas emissions, measured as global warming potential, of hot-rolled structural steel sections produced in China are three times that of equivalent sections produced in the U.S.

The Transportation Research Board is hosting a webinar on the concept of fracture-critical members (FCMs) in steel bridges. Recent research will be presented on specification methods to establish if a member should be classified as an FCM.

University faculty are invited to apply for the 2019 AISC Milek Fellowship, a four-year fellowship given to a promising university faculty member to conduct structural steel research.

John Cross, PE, LEED AP, AISC vice president of special projects, received the SMDI Industry Leadership Award for steel industry partners and customers from the Steel Market Development Institute on May 1. Cross was recognized for his contributions and expertise in building information modeling (BIM), construction economics and sustainability.  

The founder of the Bering Yachts range of steel-hulled explorer yachts, Alexei Mikhailov, envisioned his yachts being used for extended voyages on the open ocean, which can sometimes be perilous.

The National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA) invites everyone involved in steel bridge research, design or construction to submit an abstract for consideration to present at the 2019 World Steel Bridge Symposium (WSBS), which will be held in conjunction with NASCC: The Steel Conference, April 3-5 in St. Louis.

Throughout the month of April, thousands of volunteers nationwide, including businesses, faith-based organizations and leadership groups, donated materials and collaborated on providing critical home improvements at no cost to recipients. The month of giving and restoring culminated on April 28 for National Rebuilding Day, and AISC, who has participated for the past 16 years, revitalized a suburban Chicago home.

Qnect, LLC (an AISC member) has announced that Nucor Corporation (also an AISC member) is the lead investor for Qnect's $3.8 million funding round. Qnect provides software and digital engineering to optimize connections and production throughput for better steel project efficiency.

The Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), has published an updated version of Guide Specification for Highway Bridge Fabrication With HPS 100W (HPS 690W) Steel for Non-Fracture Critical Applications, available for free download. 

Trimble (an AISC member) has announced that it has acquired the assets of FabSuite, LLC, a North American supplier of Management Information System (MIS) solutions for steel fabrication (and also an AISC member). With the acquisition of FabSuite software—which complements the Tekla Structures and Trimble Connect software packages—Trimble's portfolio now includes the complete structural steel workflow for planning, managing, designing, modeling and fabrication.

The winning sculpture in AISC’s seventh annual Steel Sculpture Competition is “Steel Is Only As Strong As Those Who Fabricate It,” designed and fabricated by Cody Builders Supply (an AISC member and certified fabricator).

Superman turns 80-years-old today! Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, the Man of Steel was introduced on April 18, 1938, in Action Comics  No. 1. He struck a chord with readers and, faster than a speeding bullet, he became a multimedia sensation, representing mankind's potential for greatness. DC Entertainment will publish Action Comics  No. 1,000 in celebration of this iconic superhero.

AISC’s 2018 NASCC: The Steel Conference attracted a record attendance of 5,175 in Baltimore last week. The record follows last year’s peak attendance of 4,597 in San Antonio.

Charles J. Carter, SE, PE, PhD, AISC’s president, has been named a 2018 Outstanding Engineering Alumnus by the Penn State College of Engineering.

The digital version of AISC’s 15th Edition Steel Construction Manual is now available. Intended as an affordable supplement to the print version, the digital 15th Edition is a subscription-based product that provides on-the-go access to the information in the Manual including the most recent revisions. (This is a full version of the 15th Edition with digital rights management applied.)

AISC congratulates this year’s Engineering News-Record (ENR) Award of Excellence winner, Ron Klemencic. His achievements include leading the development of SpeedCore, a revolutionary method of composite structural-steel framing, aiming to replace the reinforced concrete core in steel office-tower construction. 

The mikeroweWORKS Foundation is accepting applications through June 4 for its 2018 Work Ethic Scholarship Program. Now in its fifth year, the program awards scholarships to people attending trade school to learn skills such as welding, pipefitting and electrical contracting and is open to interested high school seniors or graduates/GED recipients. Zekelman Industries, the parent company of Atlas Tube (an AISC member), is a sponsor of the program.

Acrow Bridge (an AISC/NSBA member and certified fabricator) has furnished a modular steel panel bridge being used during the replacement of the Montroyal Bridge over Mosquito Creek in the District of North Vancouver in British Columbia. The old structure was a 60-year-old timber bridge which was both undercapacity and at the end of its useful life.

The National Council of Structural Engineers Associations’ Structural Engineering Engagement and Equity Committee (NCSEA SE3) is currently administering a nationwide survey of structural engineering professionals. This survey is designed to be one of the largest comprehensive surveys to date providing information regarding demographics, compensation, satisfaction and engagement.

An all-steel house in north suburban Wilmette, Ill., that was built for the 1933 Chicago “Century of Progress” World’s Fair, is looking for a new home. 

AISC’s half-day seminar on the 15th Edition Steel Construction Manual and 2016 AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings (ANSI/AISC 360) is being offered across the U.S.! Attendees can receive 4 PDHs and be able to purchase the Manual  for $125 (a $200 value).

A 100-ft-long steel truss structure was recently lifted into place as an elevated deck and viewing platform central to the Hunter’s Point South redevelopment project in New York City. 

Seventeen steel bridge projects have earned national recognition in the 2018 Prize Bridge Awards competition. Conducted every other year by the National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA), the Prize Bridge Awards honor significant and innovative steel bridges constructed in the U.S.

The Steel Joist Institute (SJI) has announced its 2018 live webinar schedule. With a new lineup of topics pertaining to the steel joist industry, SJI will present one webinar per month April through December.