AISC presented members of the project team of the Southwest University Park baseball stadium in El Paso, Texas, with the 2017 IDEAS2 Award for excellence in steel-framed building design during a pregame ceremony conducted at the ballpark on Tuesday.

AISC presented members of the project team of the Pterodactyl Office in Culver City, Calif., with the 2017 IDEAS2 Award for excellence in steel-frame building design during ceremonies held at the building on Monday. 

Modjeski and Masters announced that construction has started on a new I-74 bridge connecting the Quad Cities region across the Mississippi. The dual-arch steel structures will replace the existing Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge. Industrial Steel Construction, Inc. (an AISC member and certified fabricator) is the steel fabricator for the project.

You're invited to join in celebrating the structural steel industry's ninth annual SteelDay on September 15! 

AISC presented members of the project team of the Samsung Americas Headquarters (Device Solutions) in San Jose, Calif., with the 2017 IDEAS2 Award for excellence in steel-frame building design during ceremonies held at the building yesterday.  

The first span of New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge replacement — officially renamed the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge (after current Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s father, the late Gov. Mario Cuomo) — will open to westbound traffic on August 25, Gov. Cuomo recently announced. 

The Steel Joist Institute has released its 44th edition of the catalog, Standard Specifications, Load Tables and Weight Tables for Steel Joists and Joist Girders. 

Here's a glimpse of our annual compendium of fun projects showcasing steel. One of this year’s Cool List projects takes us deep into a volcano.

Acrow Bridge (an AISC/NSBA member and AISC certified fabricator) recently announced that it designed and fabricated a temporary steel bridge for use as a detour during the replacement of an obsolete structure on U.S. Route 34 in Chariton, Iowa.

The American Galvanizers Association (AGA) has developed and released an online video series, “Touch-Up and Repair of Hot-Dip Galvanized Steel.” These six short videos detail the specifications and methods used to touch up and repair hot-dip galvanized steel.

Architectural and engineering firms, structural steel companies, general contractors and building owners are encouraged to enter their steel-framed building projects in the 2018 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Awards competition. 

The 15th Edition AISC Steel Construction Manual is now available. AISC will be presenting a half-day seminar in Chicago on Tuesday, August 15, from 8 a.m. to noon, that will discuss important changes and clarifications that have been incorporated into this new edition, as well as the 2016 AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings. 

Congratulations to our winners! They are: Derek Hoffman, a detailer/designer with SWF Industrial, Inc., Wrightsville, Pa.; and Nep Viajar, a civil/structural engineer at Fluor Corp., Houston.  

AISC presented members of the project team of the Los Angeles Valley Monarch Center with the 2017 IDEAS² Award for excellence in steel-frame building design during ceremonies held at the center on Tuesday.

AISC is offering a two-part webinar series, “Seismic Design for Non-West Coast Engineers,” on August 10 and 17, that will address basic concepts of seismic design.

AISC invites you to show the world your creativity — and at the same time win lunch for your staff and national acclaim for your firm! If you’re an AISC full or associate member, enter your original, innovative steel sculpture in this year’s Steel Sculpture Competition by Friday, August 25. 

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is seeking new committee members for review of the new edition of the standard, Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE 7). The revision cycle will begin in September.

At 390 Madison Avenue in New York City, a 1950s era office building is being reconceived from the inside out -- in steel. 

AISC presented members of the project team of the Chinatown Public Library in Chicago with the 2017 IDEAS² Award for excellence in steel-frame building design during ceremonies held at the library yesterday evening.

American Punch Company (an AISC member) announced it has begun construction on a major plant expansion that will nearly double the size of its production facility, located in Euclid, Ohio, and significantly increase its manufacturing capabilities. 

The Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte have released a report on their 2017 Public Perception of Manufacturing Survey. 

Abstracts are now being accepted for the 2018 SSRC Annual Stability Conference, which will be held April 10-13 in conjunction with NASCC: The Steel Conference in Baltimore, Md.

Matt Shergalis, PE, has been promoted to northeast regional director for NSBA. 

The Steel Tube Institute (STI) is hosting the webinar “Fire Protection of HSS” this Thursday, July 13, from 11 a.m. to noon (CT).

AISC’s 15th Edition Steel Construction Manual is now available.

With the installation of its first steel column, One Vanderbilt – soon to be New York City’s second-tallest skyscraper – officially began its ascent last week.

AISC has issued new certification program requirements for its Bridge and Highway Metal Component Manufacturers Program and the Sophisticated Paint Endorsement, and has updated the program requirements for all other certifications.

The Steel Joist Institute (SJI) is hosting a new webinar, “Composite Joist – New 2^nd Edition Specifications, New Technical Digest No. 13.” on Wednesday, July 19 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. ET, followed by a 15-minute question and answer session.

The New NY Bridge over the Hudson River north of New York City is now fully drivable — several months before its official opening.

The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) has released the second edition of its Tall Building Initiative Guidelines for Performance-Based Seismic Design of Tall Buildings. 

AISC is offering a three-part webinar series, “Welded Connections,” presented by well-known welding guru Duane Miller. The webinars will take place on June 29, July 6 and July 13 beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET. Each webinar is 1 hour and 40 minutes long.

AISC is pleased to announce three senior leadership promotions: Danielle Kleinhans, PE, PhD, to vice president of bridges and managing director of the National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA); John Cross, PE, to vice president of special projects; and Tabitha Stine, SE, PE, to vice president of market development.

University faculty are invited to apply for the 2018 AISC Milek Fellowship, a four-year fellowship given to a promising university faculty member to conduct structural steel research.

The Minnesota Vikings celebrated a major construction milestone on their new headquarters -- the Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center -- as the last piece of structural steel was installed last month. 

AISC is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors: Leon Topalian, executive vice president of Nucor Corporation; and Glenn R. Tabolt, PE, president of STS Steel, Inc., Schenectady, N.Y. 

AISC presented members of the project team of the Terminal East Infill at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, with the 2017 IDEAS2 Award for excellence in steel-frame building design during ceremonies held at the terminal this morning.

The Steel Joist Institute (SJI) is offering a webinar, “Diaphragm Design That Makes Sense: How to Design and Specify Steel Deck by Representatives of the SDI” next Wednesday, June 21, from 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. (ET), followed by a 15-minute Q&A session.

AISC presented members of the project team of the Weber County Library Headquarters Branch in Roy, Utah, with the 2017 IDEAS² Award for excellence in steel-frame building design during ceremonies held at the library yesterday.

The student steel bridge team from École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS) in Montreal, Canada, were named champions of the 2017 ASCE/AISC National Student Steel Bridge Competition (NSSBC), hosted by Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore., May 26-27. This is the second consecutive year ÉTS has won first place overall in this national intercollegiate competition that showcases excellence in civil engineering, innovation and teamwork.

AISC recently learned that OSHA intends to propose extending the July 1, 2017 date by which certain employers are required to electronically submit the information from their completed 2016 Form 300A. As a result, records will not be made public until they are submitted electronically. 

Soaring hollow steel writes a new chapter in the history of an architecturally significant high school in suburban Chicago, demonstrating a new take on the original Gothic style. 

The deadline to submit abstracts for the 2018 World Steel Bridge Symposium (WSBS) has been extended to next Friday, June 9. 

There’s still time to sign up for The Steel Tube Institute’s (STI) webinar, “HSS Connections: Splices, Bases & Braces,” taking place tomorrow from 11 a.m. to noon CT. 

Nominations are now being accepted for the prestigious T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award, which includes a $15,000 cash prize. Presented annually by AISC, the award recognizes a lecturer-author whose technical paper (or papers) is considered an outstanding contribution to engineering literature on fabricated structural steel. 

Congratulations to our winners! They are: Miguel Ángel Dodes Traian, engineering manager at ENAS; Jeff Rodeheaver, detailing manager at SWF Industrial, Inc., Wrightsville, Pa.; and Nep Viajar, a civil/structural engineer at Fluor Corp., Houston.  

AISC yesterday testified to the U.S. Commerce Department that foreign fabricated steel is eroding the competitiveness of U.S. steel fabrication, and imposing trade remedies is essential to preserve the capacity of U.S. steel fabricators to serve critical national defense and security needs.

The Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA) has announced the winners of its annual Project of the Year awards for steel erection projects that topped out in 2016. 

Classes begin Monday, June 5, for AISC’s new Night School course “Fundamentals of Stability.” The course comprises eight, 90-minute live webinar sessions, which all take place on Monday evenings at 7 p.m. ET.

The American Galvanizers Association (AGA) has announced the winners of the 2017 Excellence in Hot-Dip Galvanizing Awards. 

AISC is seeking proposals for research projects that address the topics of eccentric column stiffeners, and bolts and welds in combination.