The holiday season is here! As your calendar begins to fill up, be sure to make time for AISC’s December 6 webinar, Column Design: Past, Present, Future. 

We at AISC and Modern Steel Construction wish to express our thanks to all of you in the American structural steel design community and construction industry. Happy Thanksgiving!

AISC presented a 2018 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Award to project team members of the United States Air Force Academy's Center for Character and Leadership Development (CCLD) in Colorado Springs, Colo., last week.

AISC has partnered with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) to establish a new opportunity for emerging design professionals to be recognized for their innovative designs. The Forge Prize recognizes innovation in the use of steel. The prize invites designers to submit proposals for visionary designs that embrace steel as the primary structural component. It is intended to engage designers in developing imaginative designs that bolster steel as the 21st century building material of choice through a two-stage design challenge, culminating with a public announcement event of winners in Summer 2019.

AISC and the Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI) are exhibiting in booth 415/514 at the 2018 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Chicago, tomorrow through Friday. 

The International Code Council, ASHRAE, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Illuminating Engineering Society released the 2018 International Green Construction Code (IgCC) last week. The IgCC is part of the Code Council’s family of comprehensive, coordinated and modern model codes -- including the International Building Code, International Mechanical Code, International Plumbing Code and International Fire Code -- used around the world.

The Steel Joist Institute (SJI) is presenting part two of its two-part webinar, "Evaluation and Modification of Open Web Steel Joists and Joist Girders," on Wednesday, November 21 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET. Attendees are not required to have watched part one to participate.

The 2019 Pacific Structural Steel Conference (PSSC '19) is accepting abstracts for papers to be presented at the conference at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, November 9-11, 2019. Now in its 12th year, PSSC brings together industry experts from around the world to promote cooperation, communication and technical information in the field of steel construction. AISC is a co-organizer of the conference.