Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA) CEO Ron Klemencic received a prestigious award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) this month.

ASCE presented Klemencic with the 2023 Henry L. Michel Award for Industry Advancement of Research at its annual conference Oct. 20 in Chicago. The organization recognized Klemencic for his leadership roles at the MKA Foundation and the Charles Pankow Foundation, which support the research and development of innovative advancements in the built environment’s design and construction. Klemencic has been with MKA since 1992.

Last week, fabricators, the AEC community, and steel fans connected all across the United States to celebrate the strength and vitality of the structural steel industry. Get a glimpse of what your industry peers did at events outside your area--and even relive the fun of an event you attended--with these snapshots of some of our favorite moments from SteelDays 2023!

Paul Makovsky, editor in chief of ARCHITECT, the Journal of the American Institute of Architects, will join the jury for the American Institute of Steel Construction’s 2024 Forge Prize.

“Paul’s extensive journalism career has given him a unique perspective on how architecture affects how people live in the real world,” said AISC Senior Architect for University Relations Jeanne Homer, AIA. “We’re delighted to have his expert insights as our panel evaluates cutting-edge visions of the future.”

Samantha Flores, AIA, RID, has made a career out of innovation--so it’s only fitting that she join the jury for the American Institute of Steel Construction’s Forge Prize, a conceptual competition that challenges emerging architects, architecture educators, and graduate students to dream big and come up with a vision for the future that capitalizes on the full potential of structural steel.

Flores is the vice president and director of the innovation and research team (Hugo) at Corgan.

The American Institute of Steel Construction is dedicating the latest edition of its flagship publication, the Steel Construction Manual, to William A. Thornton, PhD, former president of Cives Engineering Corporation and a longtime chair and member of the AISC Committee on Manuals.

"Bill Thornton has served our profession, our industry, and AISC so significantly and so completely that his wisdom and work changed the way steel connections are understood and designed," the Committee wrote in its dedication. "Bill Thornton’s life’s work has affected every connection design in a steel building today, and every engineer who designs a steel connection today uses knowledge and understanding that Bill Thornton contributed to our profession."

A draft of the next edition of the AISC Specification for Safety-Related Steel Structures for Nuclear Facilities (AISC N690) is now available for public review and comment.

The 2024 update of N690 will supersede the 2018 version.

The New York Times once described Reed Kroloff, Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture dean and Rowe Family College of Architecture Endowed Chair, as “the man with the list at architecture’s party.”

After more than a quarter-century of experience in architecture, urbanism, and design, he knows innovation when he sees it--and this year, he’ll apply that knowledge as a juror for the American Institute of Steel Construction’s Forge Prize, a conceptual competition that challenges emerging architects, architecture educators, and graduate students to dream big and come up with a vision for the future that capitalizes on the full potential of structural steel.

Hollie Noveletsky, a member of the AISC Board of Directors and president/CEO of Novel Iron Works in Greenland, N.H., is running for the Republican nomination for the 1st Congressional District of New Hampshire in 2024. (For more information, visit her campaign website).

Novel Iron Works was started by Noveletsky’s father in 1956, and she has worked full-time for the company since 1999, after working part-time while in college and graduate school. She joined the AISC Board in 2015 and is also a past chair and current member of the AISC Government Relations Committee. She is the CEO of Novel-affiliated fabricator Rose Steel, also in Greenland, N.H., and previously served as president of the Structural Steel Fabricators of New England.