The American Welding Society (AWS) has launched WeldLink - a career planning and management system specifically designed to bring together individuals, businesses and schools in the welding industry. 

The National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA) has released a new version of its Steel Bridge Suite, which includes updates to the AASHTO/NSBA Steel Bridge Collaboration Standards and enhancements to LRFD Simon, NSBA’s free software for preliminary steel plate and box girder design.

Congratulations to our winners! They are Mark Sencich, VDC manager - Western Division, Schuff Steel Company, San Diego (an AISC Member/Certified fabricator); and Nep Viajar, a civil/structural engineer with Fluor Corp. in Houston.

In a recent signing ceremony, Bureau Veritas, an international conformity assessment service provider in the building and infrastructure industry, and Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the certification body for the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED green building rating program, finalized the terms of their exclusive global agreement to facilitate LEED certification internationally. 

Revit Technology Conference (RTC) organizers have announced the inaugural Building Content Summit (BCS) will be held July 22 in Washington, D.C. prior to the RTC. The conference is aimed at gathering manufacturers, engineers, BIM creators and architects to discuss improving BIM content.

A new book titled “Steel: From Mine to Mill, The Metal that Made America” tells the story of steel’s journey to becoming the backbone for American infrastructure, from its use in railroads and steel ships to skyscrapers and bridges. 

The first massive section of structural steel for the approach span of New York’s new Tappan Zee Bridge was successfully installed last week using the “I Lift NY” super crane.  

3 WTC is rising; 2 WTC design plans unveiled. 

Interested in some memorabilia commemorating one of America's greatest bridge designers? An Indeigogo campaign is seeking funds to help produce a documentary on Ralph Modjeski. 

The first model U.S. code focused on green building design and performance of new and existing commercial buildings, the International Green Construction Code (IgCC), has been updated and is available for pre-order.

The National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA) is offering a one-hour webinar on new continuous span standards and updates to SIMON LRFD software next Thursday, June 25, beginning at noon EDT.      

University faculty are invited to apply for the 2016 AISC Milek Fellowship, a four-year fellowship given to a promising university faculty member to conduct structural steel research. 

The new eastbound bascule span of the Pasquotank River Bridge in Elizabeth City, N.C., is open to the public. 

The Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA) has named Carrie Sopuch-Gulajan, president of Construction Insurance Agency, Inc., Manassas, Va., Person of the Year. 

A product category rule is now available for structural steel.

Are you ready to make your structural steel vision come to life? Then enter AISC’s fifth annual Steel Sculpture Competition! 

To mark the recent opening of the observation tower at One World Trade Center in New York City, a time-lapse video showing construction of the 1,776-ft-tall steel-framed tower has been released by EarthCam. 

A new steel assembly at NC State provides higher learning opportunities for building teams working with architecturally exposed structural steel (AESS) requirements. 

John “Jack” Hilton Busch, a longtime AISC Board member and the Board Chair from 1983 through 1985, passed away on June 2. He was 87.

A team of 12 students from the University of Florida constructed the winning bridge in the 2015 ASCE/AISC National Student Steel Bridge Competition (NSSBC), hosted by the University of Missouri-Kansas City, May 22-23.

The Research Council on Structural Connections (RCSC) has posted errata (dated April 2015) to the August 1, 2014 RCSC Specification for Structural Joints Using High-Strength Bolts, along with an updated edition of the Specification, at www.boltcouncil.org.

Duane K. Miller, Sc.D., P.E., of The Lincoln Electric Company (an AISC member) was elected to the 2015 Class of Fellows of the American Welding Society this past spring.