Congratulations to our winners! They are: Derek Hoffman, a detailer/designer with SWF Industrial, Inc., Wrightsville, Pa.; and Nep Viajar, a civil/structural engineer at Fluor Corp., Houston.  

AISC is offering a four-part webinar series, “Introduction to Steel Bridge Design,” beginning on Thursday, October 12. 

There’s a little over a week left to enter your steel building projects in the 2018 IDEAS2 Awards competition! Showcase why your project deserves to be recognized for outstanding achievement in steel-frame building design.

AISC has revised its indemnity agreement for certified erectors to make it more equitable for all parties. 

AISC presented members of the project team of the University of Cincinnati’s Nippert Stadium West Pavilion with the 2017 IDEAS2 Award for excellence in steel-framed building design during a ceremony conducted at the pavilion on Friday.

The refurbished Dodge Street Overpass in Omaha, Neb., celebrated its 50th anniversary with a rededication ceremony today. Danielle Kleinhans, PE, PhD, AISC’s vice president of bridges and managing director of NSBA, was in attendance to reaffirm the bridge’s “Most Beautiful Bridge” designation from AISC in 1969, an award category used by the historical version of today’s Prize Bridge Awards program, and unveil a new plaque for the steel bridge. 

The Atlanta Falcons and EarthCam have released a time-lapse video documenting the three-year construction of the Mercedes-Benz stadium, which features a signature steel-framed retractable roof structure. The two-minute video shows the transformation of the new sports and entertainment venue, which held the Falcons’ first home football game last weekend.

Congratulations to the five structural steel sculpture finalists in AISC's Steel Sculpture Competition, which are headed to NASCC: The Steel Conference where the ultimate winner will be selected by conference attendees. They are: “Steel Time for Growth” by High Steel Structures, LLC; “Steel Is Only As Strong As Those Who Fabricate It” by Cody Builders Supply; “Point of Inspiration” by Cody Builders Supply; “A Novel Idea” by Novel Iron Works; and “Heavy Metal Thunder” by High Steel Structures, LLC. 

Do you know a deserving individual who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and provided significant contributions to the structural steel industry? Nominate them for AISC’s awards programs recognizing exceptional industry professionals.

Happy SteelDay! Today is the ninth annual national celebration of the U.S. structural steel industry.

The second edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) officially opens to the public this Saturday, September 16, and will run through January 7, 2018. The event is the largest free architecture and design exhibition in North America and features over 140 artists and architects presenting unique architectural projects, on view at the Chicago Cultural Center and other sites across the city. AISC sponsored the exhibit “Chicago Reframed,” created by Design With Company (Dw/Co), a Chicago-based architectural collaborative of Stewart Hicks and Allison Newmeyer, representing historic Chicago steel skyscrapers.

Spacing and budget challenges become opportunities and learning experiences in a new Texas STEM school, thanks to structural ingenuity.

For the sixth consecutive month, architecture firms reported an increasing demand for design services as reflected in the July Architecture Billings Index (ABI), produced by the American Institute of Architect’s Economic and Market Research Group. The ABI reflects the approximate nine- to twelve-month lead time between architecture billings and construction spending.

This Friday, September 15 is SteelDay! Have you made your plans yet? SteelDay offers plentiful opportunities to learn more about the structural steel industry and the structural steel supply chain. Numerous events, ranging from facility open houses to project site tours to webinars, are occurring throughout the U.S. -- and they’re all free. As part of the celebration, AISC is holding a social media contest for students to share what they love about structural steel.

David Zalesne, president of Owen Steel Company, Inc., Columbia, S.C. (an AISC member and certified fabricator) and vice chair of AISC, is prominently featured in a New York Times article on American business leaders urging President Trump to preserve the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protects children of undocumented immigrants -- known as “Dreamers” -- from deportation.

The first supplement to AISC’s Prequalified Connections for Special and Intermediate Steel Moment Frames for Seismic Applications (AISC 358-16) is available for public review until October 6, 2017.