Congratulations to our winners: Metwally Abu-Hamd with Cairo University, Egypt; Nep Viajar with Fluor Corp. in Houston; and Mark Sencich with Schuff Steel Company, San Diego!

The University of California, Davis, offers an extension program of online engineering courses for working professionals. Available opportunities this spring include a course on CAD for 3D Printing and Rapid Prototyping.

The Construction History Society of America is hosting the 5th International Congress on Construction History in Chicago, June 3-7 at the Palmer House Hotel. The conference will highlight the city's rich structural steel heritage.

The Audain Art Museum in Whistler, British Columbia, is one of the world’s first major projects to use a new steel casting technology for enhanced earthquake resistance.

The National Football League's Atlanta Falcons have released a video of the 3D model of the team's new $1.4 billion stadium.

KPFF Engineers designed an encased girder system to transfer the column load for Sempra Energy’s new 16-story headquarters building in downtown San Diego; a task that seemed impractical if not improbable to accomplish at the time.

Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx visited AISC member Owen Steel on Wednesday, February 18, to promote the Obama Administration's plan to improve the nation's infrastructure.

The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) welcomes the public to enjoy “E-FEST,” a weekend of free family programs and activities celebrating engineering in the built environment.

A total of $65,000, provided by the AISC Education Foundation and various steel industry organizations, will be awarded to students this year.

Design professionals now have a valuable new resource for vertical bracing connections: AISC Design Guide 29, Vertical Bracing Connections -- Analysis and Design.

The Steel Joist Institute (SJI) will be hosting its first webinar of the year this Wednesday, February 18, titled “Design of Lateral Load Resisting Systems Using Open Web Steel Joists.”

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation debuted this year’s “Hearts in San Francisco” series yesterday. One of this year's large heart sculptures, entitled "Everett’s Heart Planes," is made of one ton of sand-blasted, powder-coated plate steel and is illuminated with solar-powered light. 

If you’re a steel bridge professional interested in exchanging ideas with others in the industry, consider attending the next AASHTO/NSBA Steel Bridge Collaboration meeting to be held in Raleigh, N.C., May 5-7 at the Hilton Garden Inn Raleigh-Cary.

Rehabilitation and new construction work has begun on the Ambassador Bridge, one of the most vital trade crossings in North America.

AIA has launched a three-year public awareness campaign called “Look Up,” designed to reconnect the public with architecture and position new generations of architects as catalysts of growth and visionaries for renewal.

AISC is hosting a live webinar on “Designing Members for Torsion” this Thursday, February 12.

A vertical addition to a university building is offset from the below building by 31° in order to meet site requirements.

Planning your conference experience is now easier with the 2015 NASCC: The Steel Conference mobile app (sponsored by Autodesk)!

AISC has unveiled a new web channel -- www.aisc.org/erectorcertification -- to reflect its updated Erector Certification Program.

Need a reason to head somewhere warm? AISC is offering a free, half-day workshop on “Maximizing the Value of Your Model” in Miami on Thursday, February 19.