With the installation of its first steel column, One Vanderbilt – soon to be New York City’s second-tallest skyscraper – officially began its ascent last week.

AISC has issued new certification program requirements for its Bridge and Highway Metal Component Manufacturers Program and the Sophisticated Paint Endorsement, and has updated the program requirements for all other certifications.

The Steel Joist Institute (SJI) is hosting a new webinar, “Composite Joist – New 2^nd Edition Specifications, New Technical Digest No. 13.” on Wednesday, July 19 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. ET, followed by a 15-minute question and answer session.

The New NY Bridge over the Hudson River north of New York City is now fully drivable — several months before its official opening.

The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) has released the second edition of its Tall Building Initiative Guidelines for Performance-Based Seismic Design of Tall Buildings. 

AISC is offering a three-part webinar series, “Welded Connections,” presented by well-known welding guru Duane Miller. The webinars will take place on June 29, July 6 and July 13 beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET. Each webinar is 1 hour and 40 minutes long.

AISC is pleased to announce three senior leadership promotions: Danielle Kleinhans, PE, PhD, to vice president of bridges and managing director of the National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA); John Cross, PE, to vice president of special projects; and Tabitha Stine, SE, PE, to vice president of market development.

University faculty are invited to apply for the 2018 AISC Milek Fellowship, a four-year fellowship given to a promising university faculty member to conduct structural steel research.

The Minnesota Vikings celebrated a major construction milestone on their new headquarters -- the Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center -- as the last piece of structural steel was installed last month. 

AISC is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors: Leon Topalian, executive vice president of Nucor Corporation; and Glenn R. Tabolt, PE, president of STS Steel, Inc., Schenectady, N.Y. 

AISC presented members of the project team of the Terminal East Infill at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, with the 2017 IDEAS2 Award for excellence in steel-frame building design during ceremonies held at the terminal this morning.

The Steel Joist Institute (SJI) is offering a webinar, “Diaphragm Design That Makes Sense: How to Design and Specify Steel Deck by Representatives of the SDI” next Wednesday, June 21, from 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. (ET), followed by a 15-minute Q&A session.

AISC presented members of the project team of the Weber County Library Headquarters Branch in Roy, Utah, with the 2017 IDEAS² Award for excellence in steel-frame building design during ceremonies held at the library yesterday.

The student steel bridge team from École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS) in Montreal, Canada, were named champions of the 2017 ASCE/AISC National Student Steel Bridge Competition (NSSBC), hosted by Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore., May 26-27. This is the second consecutive year ÉTS has won first place overall in this national intercollegiate competition that showcases excellence in civil engineering, innovation and teamwork.

AISC recently learned that OSHA intends to propose extending the July 1, 2017 date by which certain employers are required to electronically submit the information from their completed 2016 Form 300A. As a result, records will not be made public until they are submitted electronically. 

Soaring hollow steel writes a new chapter in the history of an architecturally significant high school in suburban Chicago, demonstrating a new take on the original Gothic style. 

The deadline to submit abstracts for the 2018 World Steel Bridge Symposium (WSBS) has been extended to next Friday, June 9.