This October, SteelDays drew fabricators, students, and steel enthusiasts nationwide to experience careers in fabrication, compete for welding scholarships, and immerse themselves in the energy of the American structural steel industry. Were you among them?

In case you missed out on something cool, check out the highlights--and watch out for similar events in your area next year!

Journalists have a keen eye for innovation--and Architectural Record Special Sections Editor Matthew Marani has a bird’s-eye perspective of architecture trends.

Those insights will prove invaluable when he serves as one of three jurors who will decide which Forge Prize design concept wins $15,000!

“Matthew Marani has spent years examining the cutting edge of architecture,” said AISC Director of Architecture Nima Balasubramanian, AIA, NOMA. “We are all looking forward to his expert perspective on the visionary concepts that the Forge Prize jury will consider!”

The American Institute of Steel Construction’s Forge Prize is looking for groundbreaking ideas--and Emily Baker is particularly well qualified to help find them.

Baker is an inventor, fabricator, architect, and associate professor of architecture at the University of Arkansas, and now, she’ll be one of three jurors for the 2025 Forge Prize.

She also won the 2024 Forge Prize with a landmark trail head that showcases her Spin-Valence system, a revolutionary steel space frame that is both beautiful and functional. Spin-Valence allows a single sheet thickness of steel material to vastly increase its depth producing a structural space frame through the use of a kirigami strategy of cutting and folding.

Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) are urging the Biden administration to close loopholes in the Section 232 steel tariff program that is designed to ensure a level playing field for America’s structural steel production and fabrication industries.

The American Institute of Steel Construction stands with their call to expand the scope of the Section 232 steel tariff program. Ensuring a fair and competitive market for U.S. steel translates to increased production capacity--and it protects American jobs and the families and communities that rely on them.

Ronnie Medlock, PE, of High Steel Structures, LLC, has been selected to receive the American Institute of Steel Construction's 2025 T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award for his contributions to the Federal Highway Administration’s Bridge Welding Reference Manual.

“Simply put, Ronnie Medlock is an icon within the bridge fabrication and construction world, and the impact of his contributions to the standards that guide the industry cannot be overstated. Ronnie Medlock has changed the way bridges are fabricated and constructed in the U.S.,” said AISC Vice President of Engineering and Research Christopher H. Raebel, SE, PE, PhD.