Congratulations to our winners! They are: Jeff Rodeheaver, detailing manager, and Matt Baldwin, project manager, both with SWF Industrial, Inc., Wrightsville, Pa., and Nep Viajar, a civil/structural engineer with Fluor Corp., Houston.
The Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), has compiled a comprehensive list of industry-wide environmental product declarations (EPDs) for steel building products. These EPDs summarize the results of a life cycle assessment (LCA) for specific steel products in the construction industry to describe their potential environmental impacts.
Five of the leading American steel trade associations today released a report documenting that rapid growth of China’s steel industry has been fueled by government subsidies and other market-distorting policies. The report was released by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), the Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA), the Committee on Pipe and Tube Imports (CPTI), the Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA) and the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC).
Arthur P. Arndt, former vice president for AISC member/certified erector American Bridge Company, passed away last month in Dublin, Ohio, at the age of 91.
Recent drone and aerial footage shows the progress being made for the East End Crossing of the Ohio River Bridges Project between Kentucky and Indiana.
The Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA) has announced the winners of its annual Project of the Year competition. Projects are recognized for their complexity, and companies are awarded for overcoming challenges while maintaining safe work standards.
AISC member/certified fabricator High Steel Structures, Lancaster, Pa., hosted a five-day camp last week at the Lancaster Science Factory for kids in grades 4 through 8 to explore bridge design and construction.
If you work for an AISC-member fabricator and have recently moved into or anticipate moving into a senior management position during the next few years, the Future Leaders Ideas Lab is the event for you!
The new Ramp ES is one of six flyover bridge structures currently being constructed at the I-55 and Lake Shore Drive (LSD) Interchange in Chicago as part of a $135 million improvement project.
CRU Group, a privately owned business intelligence company, has slated their North American Steel Conference for October 3-5 in downtown Chicago. AISC Vice President John Cross is scheduled to speak at the event, which provides access to leading steel market and price information and outlooks for U.S. steel and raw materials.
Vulcraft/Verco Group, a division of AISC-member Nucor Corporation, is accepting entries for its fourth annual NuHeights Design Awards competition. The program recognizes excellence and quality in steel building design and construction.
Join AISC’s “Drawing and Specification Requirements for Seismic Design” webinar next Thursday, July 21, beginning at 12:30 p.m. (CT).
AISC-member Alro Steel has opened an 80,000-sq.-ft service center facility in Tulsa, Okla. The building replaces a 9,000-sq.-ft facility that Alro operated in Tulsa since 1999. The larger footprint will allow Alro to process additional grades and sizes of steel.
The final steel beam was lifted last month to the top of SunTrust Park, completing a topping out ceremony that Atlanta Braves chairman and CEO Terry McGuirk called a “major milestone” in the building of the ballpark as the Braves prepare to move into their new home for the start of the 2017 MLB season.
Charles J. Carter, SE, PE, PhD, has been named the new president of the American Institute of Steel Construction. Previously, Carter was Vice President and Chief Structural Engineer for AISC.
The third-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.
Former Nucor CEO Dan DiMicco is now an adviser to Donald Trump’s campaign.
Arizona State's new law school in downtown Phoenix continues the legacy of the Supreme Court justice who cut her legal teeth there.