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    Right now, architecture students across the country are designing projects they want to bring to life in the real world--and a jury of experts will decide which of them will receive a grant to do just that!

    The University of Kansas/Studio 804’s Dan Rockhill, California Polytechnic State University’s Dale Cifford, and Hillsdale Fabricators’s Tony Diebold will evaluate proposals from faculty and faculty-sponsored students. The projects in question can range from full-scale inhabitable builds to prototypes to furniture. Entries for 2025 grants are due January 13, 2025.

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  • Designers looking for a one-stop shop for sustainable design will soon have a fantastic resource--written by true experts.

    The American Institute of Steel Construction has selected a team led by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill to draft its newest design guide. Experts from Skanska USA Buildings, Inc. and Nucor Steel Corporation as well as Northeastern University's Jerome F. Hajjar, PE, PhD, round out the list of authors.

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    What drives innovation in today's structural steel industry? The people who dedicate their time to making a difference.

    The American Institute of Steel Construction will recognize 12 of them for their extraordinary contributions at NASCC: The Steel Conference next year.

    "Designing, fabricating, and building with structural steel are team sports--and they work best in tandem," said AISC President Charles J. Carter, SE, PE, PhD. "Our industry remains innovative thanks to MVPs from classrooms to executive boardrooms. It is an honor to recognize some of the people who shape our industry."

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    Barry Barger, an AISC Special Achievement Award winner and five-decade fabrication industry veteran, died November 21 at age 79.

    Barger spent 40 years at Southern Iron Works, Inc. in Springfield, Va., and retired as the company’s senior vice president of operations. He began his career at Fred S. Gichner Iron Works and moved to Jarvis Steel Company before taking a job at Southern Iron Works. He was a prominent figure in the steel industry and sat on several AISC committees, including stints as vice chair of the Committee on Manuals and Textbooks and the Committee on the Code of Standard Practice. He earned his AISC Special Achievement award in 2002 for his role in developing the 2000 AISC Code of Standard Practice for Steel Buildings and Bridges.

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    Professor Emeritus Karl H. Frank, PE, PhD, became a legend during his 36 years at the University of Texas at Austin--and his impact continues today.

    That’s just one reason the American Institute of Steel Construction is proud to present him its most prestigious honor for educators: the 2025 Geerhard Haaijer Award for Excellence in Education – an award only presented nine times previously since 1999.

    Over the course of his career, Frank has made enormous contributions to structural stability, durability of steel structures, connections, fabrication, added stay cables, and inspection.

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