The AISC Steel Solutions Center is hosting a trivia party and you’re invited!

There's just over one week left to enter your impressive steel-framed building projects in AISC's 2019 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Awards competition! 

Having a hard time filling hourly positions? So are 80% of construction firms, according to an industry-wide survey from Autodesk and the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign student chapter of Engineers Without Borders, a nonprofit that designs infrastructures across the world in disenfranchised communities, is currently working on a project in Malawi.

Designers and fabricators can now access the most comprehensive information for performance-based seismic design with the 3rd Edition AISC Seismic Design Manual, now available at www.aisc.org/publications.

Join Brian Raff, AISC’s director of government affairs, at his speaking engagements across the U.S. this fall!

Within days of Hurricane Maria’s destruction of Puerto Rico, Acrow Bridge (AISC full member), started surveying and preparing to reconstruct 14 bridges across the island.

Sixteen exceptional student design projects have been recognized as winners in the 19th annual Steel Design Student Competition for the 2017-2018 academic year. 

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of SteelDay, the steel industry’s annual celebration of the steel design community and construction industry!

Tomorrow, Saturday, September 1 at 12-noon, the History Channel debuts a new series called “Project Impossible” which features High Steel Structures LLC’s (AISC member fabricator) work on the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge.

The UC Davis Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art in Davis, Calif., has earned national recognition in the 2018 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel awards program (IDEAS²). In honor of this achievement, members of the project team were presented with awards from AISC during a ceremony that took place at the building on Wednesday.

Beginning on September 10, AISC will begin hosting a new webinar series called “Seismic Design in Steel—Concepts and Examples.”

There’s one month left to enter AISC’s 2019 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Awards competition!

Each year, the Rules Committee creates a new mock scenario and set of rules for the Student Steel Bridge Competition (SSBC), keeping the competition challenging and exciting for the student teams.

"Insatiable appetite to learn coupled with the fear of failure," says Ron Klemencic, PE, SE, chairman and CEO of Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA), on his motivation to innovate.

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of SteelDay, the steel industry’s annual celebration of the steel design community and construction industry!

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.

Joe Dardis, AISC’s structural steel specialist in Chicago, will be giving the keynote presentation at the BuiltWorlds Conference, Buildings 2.0.

Terry F. Peshia, CEO of of Garbe Iron Works, Aurora, Ill. (an AISC member and certified fabricator), and former chair of the AISC Board of Directors, passed away on August 9 at the age of 80. 

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released its list of approximately $16 billion worth of imports from China that will be subject to a 25% tariff as part of the U.S. response to China’s unfair trade practices related to the forced transfer of American technology and intellectual property. The list contains 279 of the original 284 tariff lines proposed, including those AISC requested for inclusion in its two separate testimonies in front of the USTR Section 301 Committee. This is the first time that tariffs have been extended beyond mill products to include fabricated structural steel, and will go into effect on August 23, 2018.

The Steel Joist Institute is hosting a webinar, “Bridging—How it Works and What to Work Around,” and cover two topics.

Calibration is a popular topic for both certified participants and auditors.

SteelDay marks its 10th anniversary on Friday, September 28, and you’re invited to join the celebration!

Last week, David Zalesne, chairman of AISC and president of Owen Steel Company, Columbia, S.C. (an AISC member and certified fabricator), testified on behalf of the fabricated structural steel industry in front of the U.S. Trade Representative Section 301 Committee in Washington, D.C., in support of applying 25% duties under Section 301 of the Trade Act to the products described by six Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) Codes relating to fabricated structural steel imported from China.

There seems to be a bit of misinformation circulating concerning the Student Steel Bridge Competition.

We’re always improving our standards (and our Standards) at AISC and it only makes sense that we would be inspired by our resourceful users’ questions.

We’re always improving our standards (and our Standards) at AISC and it only makes sense that we would be inspired by our resourceful users’ questions.

Steel truss design and construction involves more than simply resisting imposed loads—it includes the design and construction of floor and roof trusses too.

On this #throwbackthursday, we’re going back to 1930 when the Empire State Building was under construction.

SteelDay's 10th anniversary is September 28!

The National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA) recently released several updates to the Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Simon software, which aids bridge engineers in preliminary steel plate and box girder design. 

In honor of the engineering movie Dream Big landing on Netflix this month, we’ve compiled a list of the top AEC-related content on the streaming platform.

The Steel Joist Institute (SJI) is hosting the webinar “Welding In, On and Around Steel Joists” to offer clarity on the new SJI Standard Specifications 44th Edition provisions.

The Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA) recently awarded Sherrie Wilkinson its 2017 Person of the Year. 

The 150 N. Riverside office tower in Chicago has earned national recognition in the 2018 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel awards program (IDEAS²).

AISC’s third quarter 2018 Engineering Journal is now available. 

AISC presented a 2018 IDEAS² Award on Monday to team members for the ProMedica Corporate Headquarters project. 

At its annual ceremony on Friday, June 15, the New York State Society of Professional Engineers (NYSSPE) named William Gorlin, SE, PE, McLaren Engineering Group’s vice president and entertainment division chief, as Engineer of the Year.

Summer school is now in session! Check out the complete list below for all of our educational opportunities through September.

The Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA) recently bestowed long-time volunteer, John (Jack) Metcalfe, with its 2017 William Davis Service Award at the annual SEAA convention in Greensboro, N.C. in April.

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!