AISC is proud to welcome Christopher H. Raebel, SE, PE, PhD, as its new vice president of engineering and research. He succeeds Larry Kruth, PE, who is retiring later this year.

Raebel will oversee all AISC technical activities, including the development of AISC's standards and technical publications, research programs, and technical assistance through the AISC Steel Solutions Center.

What will the future look like? Let's explore the possibilities with structural steel--from the imaginations of the emerging architects who will build tomorrow's real world!

AISC is now accepting entries for its fifth annual Forge Prize competition.

The Forge Prize, established by the American Institute of Steel Construction in 2018, recognizes visionary emerging architects for design concepts that embrace steel as a primary structural component and capitalize on steel's ability to increase a project's speed.

AISC is now accepting nominations for its 2023 award programs that honor remarkable people.

Each year, AISC presents Lifetime and Special Achievement Awards to exceptional industry professionals, designers, and educators. The 2023 winners will receive special recognition at NASCC: The Steel Conference in Charlotte, N.C., April 12-14, 2023.

"The design community and domestic fabricated steel construction industry today are all about innovation," said AISC President Charles J. Carter, SE, PE, PhD, “and that's driven by the extraordinary leaders who make a difference shaping the built environment of today and tomorrow. AISC is honored to highlight the people who make our industry, design, and structural steel so special."

The American Society of Civil Engineers - Toledo Section celebrated its 100th anniversary by recognizing the Anthony Wayne Bridge in Toledo, Ohio, as a civil engineering landmark. 

The bridge was a landmark from the very beginning, designed by Waddell & Hardesty and constructed by the McClintic-Marshall Company. It was also a trendsetter: It’s the first American bridge to use deep, riveted plate girder spans. The 3,218-ft-long suspension bridge replaced a series of drawbridges across the Maumee River, providing unfettered access between the east and west sides of the river so commerce could flourish throughout northwest Ohio. 

Around the country, recent university graduates are starting their first jobs as practicing engineers. It's exciting--but also eye-opening. They're learning just how much they don't know.

The American Institute of Steel Construction's Night School will give them a jump-start as they start their careers--or provide a thorough refresher for experienced engineers who want to go back to basics.

"University professors do an incredible job giving fledgling engineers a solid grounding in how steel behaves and introducing the AISC Specification and Manual that they'll use for the rest of their careers," said AISC Senior Director of Education Christina Harber. "But there's only so much you can squeeze into a syllabus. We want to give them a head start as they begin to practice."