Congratulations to our winners! They are: Rajesh, digital marketing manager at CADeploy, Inc. (an AISC member); Jeff Rodeheaver, detailing manager at SWF Industrial, Inc., Wrightsville, Pa.; and Nep Viajar, civil/structural engineer at Fluor Corp., Houston.

The Iron Workers (IW) and the Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust (IMPACT) announced a new paid maternity leave benefit at the recent 2017 Iron Workers/IMPACT Conference in San Diego. 

More than 80 structural steel fabrication and erection facilities are being honored with AISC Safety Awards for their excellent safety performance records in 2016. 

The Steel Joist Institute (SJI) is offering its Wind Design Considerations for Joists and Joist Girders webinar again on Wednesday, April 19, from 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. (ET), followed by a 15-minute question and answer session; it was also offered earlier this month.

AISC president Charlie Carter is slated to speak at the 2017 V1 International Steel Construction Conference, which will be held June 21-23 at the Cubo Colsubsidio in Bogotá, Colombia. 

Thirteen structural steel building projects have earned national recognition in the 2017 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel awards program (IDEAS²). The winning projects and their respective team members were recognized today during the 2017 NASCC: The Steel Conference in San Antonio. 

Attending NASCC: The Steel Conference in San Antonio this week? Between sessions and browsing the exhibit hall, check out this year’s Steel Sculpture Competition finalists and vote for your favorite! The ultimate winner will be chosen by conference attendees.

Geoffrey L. Kulak, PE, PhD, a professor emeritus at the University of Alberta and one of the world’s leading experts on the behavior of welded and bolted connections, passed away last week. Kulak also was a recognized authority on fatigue of fabricated steel members and member stability.

The 2017 ASCE/AISC National Student Steel Bridge Competition (NSSBC) is underway! The season kicked off earlier this month with the first regional competition at the University of Texas at El Paso. Seventeen more regional competitions will follow this spring, culminating with the national competition over Memorial Day weekend, May 26-27 at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore.

SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings has issued a call for papers for its SSPC 2018 featuring Greencoat conference to be held January 15-18, 2018, in New Orleans. Presenter abstracts are due May 1 for consideration.

Just one more week until NASCC: The Steel Conference! If you can't make it to San Antonio in person, NASCC Live offers the next best thing.

In conjunction with AASHTO, NSBA has released two Steel Bridge Collaboration documents for free download. The documents join a growing list of AASHTO-approved guide and specification documents for use as references during the design, fabrication and erection processes.

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has released its 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, the quadrennial assessment of the nation's infrastructure. The report found the national grade for infrastructure remains at a "D+"—the same grade the U.S. received in 2013—suggesting only incremental progress was made over the last four years toward restoring America's infrastructure.

Patricia M. Clayton, PhD, an assistant professor with the University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering’s Ferguson Structural Engineering Laboratory, is the recipient of AISC’s 2017 Milek Fellowship Award.

Attention college and university faculty: The deadline to register your students for the 17th annual ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition is fast approaching! 

If you’re a steel bridge professional interested in exchanging ideas with others in the industry, come to Denver for the spring Steel Bridge Collaboration meeting, taking place May 2-4  at the Crowne Plaza hotel. 

The Steel Joist Institute (SJI) is presenting a webinar, “Wind Design Considerations for Joists and Joist Girders,” on Wednesday, March 15 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. (ET).

When, where and why you should consider modular construction. 

AISC has released a position paper affirming its support of President Donald Trump’s call for expanded rules mandating “Buy American” and “Hire American” on infrastructure projects. 

The 2016 version of the AISC standard, Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings (ANSI/AISC 341-16), is now available as a free download at www.aisc.org/2016SP.