The National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA) has issued a free resource for Steel Span Weight Curves. The document features design aids that are intended to be used during preliminary phases of bridge design for evaluation of alternative framing schemes.
Congratulations to our winners! They are: Jeff Rodeheaver, detailing manager for SWF Industrial, Inc., Wrightsville, Pa.; and Nep Viajar, a civil/structural engineer with Fluor Corp., Houston.
Today is “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day,” an annual national event that connects girls with hands-on experiences that offer a glimpse of the various careers in engineering.
The world premier of a new documentary on one of America’s greatest bridge designers will be held during this year’s World Steel Bridge Symposium (April 13-15 in conjunction with the 2016 NASCC: The Steel Conference) in Orlando.
There’s good news and bad news to report about the condition of America’s bridges. A new analysis of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s recently-released 2015 “National Bridge Inventory” database explains the key findings.
Anyone want a free bridge? The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) currently has seven historic bridges (all of which are steel) that are available for reuse or relocation.
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is Washington, D.C.’s latest high-profile structural steel feature. It may also be the last Smithsonian Museum to be constructed on the National Mall.
Join AISC for a 1-hour continuing education course, “Lunchtime Learning: Structural Steel in Multifamily Housing,” at AIA DC on Friday, March 4 from noon to 1 p.m.
From truss design to new approaches for fire engineering, AISC is now offering you the opportunity to watch selected sessions from this year’s NASCC: The Steel Conference live from your own office or conference room from April 13-15.
AZZ Inc. (an AISC member) recently announced that it has acquired the assets of Alpha Galvanizing Inc., an Atkinson, Neb.-based business unit of Olson Industries, Inc.
A total of $104,000 provided by the AISC Education Foundation and various steel industry organizations will be awarded to students.
Steel work is complete for the new Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco, a $4.5 billion state-of-the-art bus and rail station that will accommodate 11 transit systems from the Bay Area and Southern California.
The Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA) recently announced the agenda for its 44th annual convention and tradeshow to be held April 27-29 in Charlotte, N.C.
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is seeking public comments through March 16 on an update to the ASCE/SEI standard, Structural Applications of Steel Cables for Buildings (19-10).
Be virtually transported into the field by attending AISC’s webinar “Practical Implementation of Composite Floor Designs” next Thursday, February 18 at 12:30 p.m. (CT).
CoreBrace, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of SME Industries, Inc., recently announced its purchase of Star Seismic in Park City, Utah. The companies (both AISC Members) engineer and fabricate buckling restrained braces (BRBs) for the purpose of protecting buildings against earthquake-related stresses.
The Tower at PNC Plaza is a bold green statement in a historically industrial town.
Building designers have a valuable resource for achieving acoustical conditions suitable for planned occupancies with AISC’s new Design Guide 30: Sound Isolation and Noise Control in Steel Buildings.