The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) are pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 Steel Design Student Competition.

"The vision of the winning projects demonstrates ingenuity in steel and architectural expression," said AISC Senior Architect Jeanne Homer. "It's clear that the future of design is in good hands!"

The competition recognizes 11 exceptional projects, in two categories, that explore a variety of design issues related to the use of steel in design and construction. 

Schuff founded the Arizona-based steel fabrication and construction company in 1976 with his son, Scott. It started in the family’s home garage and grew into one of the nation's largest fabricators and erectors. Operating out of seven fabrication shops and eight offices, it counts the 2023 AISC IDEAS² Award-winning SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles and Apple’s corporate headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. among its recent major projects. 

“You don’t grow from a family-home start-up into one of the largest fabrication and erection companies in the country without vision, ability, and drive,” said American Institute of Steel Construction President Charles J. Carter, SE, PE, PhD. “Dave exemplified the entrepreneurial spirit of our industry.”

The AISC Education Foundation is helping 48 students pursue their dreams of attending colleges and universities across the country for the 2023-2024 academic year, awarding more than $211,000 in scholarships.

These scholarships support juniors, seniors, and master’s-level students in civil engineering, architectural engineering, construction engineering, construction management, and architecture programs in the U.S. You can learn more about the AISC Education Foundation and how to help us support students and educators at aisc.org/giving.

High Steel Structures' role in repairing a destroyed Interstate 95 overpass in Philadelphia drew the attention of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who visited the AISC member fabricator’s shop outside of Lancaster, Pa., on August 7 to laud its work.

Shapiro and Lt. Gov. Austin Davis toured the plant and signed their names on the first of 16 104-ft girders that will be part of the new I-95 overpass, replacing a bridge that collapsed June 11 when a tanker truck caught fire and exploded underneath it. The extreme heat from the explosion felled the northbound lanes and rendered the southbound ones structurally unsound.

Research drives tomorrow’s structural steel innovations--and AISC is looking for an outstanding researcher to receive its flagship research fellowship.

Applications for the 2024 Milek Fellowship are due September 15, 2023.

Since 2004, AISC has given a promising non-tenured university faculty member the AISC Milek Fellowship (formerly the AISC Faculty Fellowship), a four-year, $50,000-per-year award.

If you’ve visited Amsterdam in the last two years, you might have strolled across a particularly noteworthy steel landmark: the first 3D-printed bridge.

The challenge now: Can 3D printing be an attractive, economically viable option for large-scale structural steel projects?

Ryan Sherman, PE, PhD, of the Georgia Institute of Technology is working to answer that question--and that research has garnered him the American Institute of Steel Construction’s 2023 Milek Fellowship.

AISC has released several new free resources to complement the hot-off-the-presses 16th edition of its Steel Construction Manual for download at aisc.org/16thedition.

These additional materials include the v16.0 Manual Companion, v16.0 Shapes Database, v16.0H Historic Shapes Database, Basic Design Values Cards, and an Interactive Reference List. 

For the last five years, the American Institute of Steel Construction’s Forge Prize has challenged emerging architects to dream up an inspiring vision of the future--and the 2024 competition is now accepting entries from a broader pool of designers than previous iterations.

The basic question is simple: What will the future look like? What will people build with? Where will they live, work, and play? And this year, we’re asking not only practicing architects but also educators and graduate students to consider an answer.

The 16th edition of AISC’s Steel Construction Manual is now available at aisc.org/publications.

The Manual is the authoritative reference for professionals who design, fabricate, and build with structural steel.

“The Steel Construction Manual has been the gold standard for structural steel design and construction for almost a century--and the 16th edition’s gleaming cover just underscores its role as the go-to reference for industry professionals around the world,” said AISC Director of Manuals Margaret Matthew.