New steel tools have been added to www.steeltools.org, a platform facilitated by AISC to provide solutions for making structural steel design and construction easier.
AISC is presenting a 1-hour continuing education course, “Multistory Residential: Structural Steel Framing Solutions,” at AIA San Francisco on Tuesday, February 23, from noon to 1 p.m. Lunch will be provided.
The call for papers submission deadline for the 2016 Pacific Structural Steel Conference (PSSC) has been extended to Monday, February 29.
Congratulations to our winners! They are: Niranjan Kumar with DGSTS, Inc., Elgin, Ill.; and Nep Viajar, a civil/structural engineer with Fluor Corp., Houston.
A boom echoed through the Pittsburgh area on Tuesday morning with the implosion of the 107-year-old Hulton Bridge over the Allegheny River and Norfolk Southern Railroad. The bridge will be replaced with a 1,600-ft multi-girder steel structure.
The Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA) recently announced that several member companies are joining its Ironworker Training Unit and Assessment Site (TU/AS) network early this year.
The Steel Joist Institute is hosting a webinar, “Bridging for Open Web Steel Joists,” on Wednesday, February 17 from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET, which will explore various aspects of bridging from the underlying theory to installation details.
An updated version of the Steel Bridge Design Handbook is now available for free download.
Large steel trusses are rising for the retractable roof of the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium, future home to the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League and Atlanta United FC of Major League Soccer.
The biennial “Architectural Iron & Steel in the 21st Century: Design and Preservation of Contemporary & Historic Architecture” conference will be held on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus in Cambridge, Mass., April 2-3, 2016.
The American Galvanizers Association (AGA) is looking for qualified architects, engineers and other specifiers to judge its 2016 Excellence in Hot-Dip Galvanizing Awards.
Registration is now open for the 16th annual ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition for the 2015-2016 academic year. A total of $14,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to the winning students and their faculty sponsors.
Leaders from 10 U.S. communities are collaborating with experts from industry and academia to plan for the smart city of the future as part of a program called Envision America.
Seattle’s new North Transfer Station is tipping the curve toward enhanced hollow structural sections (HSS) with the use of the new ASTM A1085 specification for the tri-chord roof trusses within the station’s 57,000-sq.-ft tipping and transfer building — the largest use of these HSS on the U.S. West Coast.
Learn how to design smarter with structural steel by attending AISC's 1-hour continuing education course, “Multistory Residential: Structural Steel Framing Solutions,” at AIA Austin on Wednesday, February 10, from noon to 1 p.m.
A look at the modern metallizing process and how it can provide a long service life for steel bridge applications.
Are you ready for Night School? Classes begin Tuesday, February 2, for AISC’s new course “Steel Design 2: Selected Topics.”
AISC Vice President John Cross is slated to present at Platts’ 12th annual Steel Markets North America Conference in Chicago, March 14-15. Hear from him about anticipated future trends in the building construction market and the impact those trends will have on steel demand.
A look at the basics of curving steel—a process that is anything but basic.
A free webinar on Thursday, January 22, will cover the history of an iconic design standard: the AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings, which was first issued in 1923.
A look at what you should know about archaeological finds on construction sites.
The first quarter 2016 issue of AISC’s Engineering Journal is now available at www.aisc.org/ej. You can view, download and print the current digital edition.
Are you involved in the design or construction of steel buildings or bridges? Register now for the 2016 NASCC: The Steel Conference in Orlando, Fla., April 13-15!