"W&W | AFCO Steel is proud to announce this expansion in Little Rock. Our bridge operations are headquartered in Little Rock and we are happy to seize the opportunity to make a productive plant out of this vacant building," Grady Harvell, president and COO of W&W | AFCO Steel, said in an announcement from the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. "The new facility will enhance our ability to continue providing competitive steel bridges to the state of Arkansas and the region as well as increase our production capacity for steel building products."

AISC Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings (AISC 341) apply to the design, fabrication, and erection of structural steel and composite steel and concrete seismic force-resisting systems. Table D1.1b is available for public comment from April 1 to May 1, 2022.

AISC Seismic Provisions for Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Structural Steel Buildings (AISC 342) are intended to be used with ASCE/SEI 41 for the seismic evaluation and retrofit of existing structural steel buildings. Table C4.2 is available for public comment from April 1 to May 16, 2022.

A vision of a reinvigorated public housing community in Harlem has won the American Institute of Steel Construction's 2022 Forge Prize. 

Vincent Yee Foo Lai of Adjaye Associates and Douglas Lee of the University of California, Berkeley took home the $10,000 grand prize for an inspiring concept to transform public housing in New York City's Harlem.

Judges praised the design for its creative approach to the demand for low-cost housing, deliberately fostering communities within communities, and using modular options to introduce an element of agency that is missing from most current affordable housing schemes.

The "Common-Sky" vision would essentially create a new steel housing block atop the Riverton Square development in Harlem, with a focus on building community not just among neighbors but between occupants of the new and old sections.

"To rebuild is very easy--just take down the existing building," said Lai. "Why don't we think of ways to leverage the existing community and build a new one?"