A draft of the next edition of the AISC Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings (AISC 341) is now available for public review and comment.

The next edition of AISC 341 will supersede the 2022 version and is anticipated to be published as a 2027 edition.

Among the proposed changes up for review in this draft of the standard is an updated list of reference standards and materials; updates to the recently proposed rod-braced diaphragms with special seismic detailing; revised analysis requirements; and revisions to the basic member requirements for columns of several seismic force-resisting systems.

The American Institute of Steel Construction will present the 2026 T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award to Caroline Bennett, PE, PhD.

Bennett is the Charles E. & Mary Jane Spahr Professor in and chair of the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) at the University of Kansas (KU). Her research has addressed some of the most pressing challenges in structural engineering, including fatigue and fracture performance of steel infrastructure, constraint-induced fracture in steel bridges, and innovative structural retrofit strategies for a wide range of structures.

The American Institute of Steel Construction and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) are pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Steel Design Student Competition.

The 2025 AISC/ACSA Steel Design Student Competition challenged students to explore various design issues related to the use of steel in design and construction. Participating students were offered the opportunity to compete in two separate categories. In Category I, students were challenged to design a library and illustrate its role as an integral part of a community’s civic fabric. Category II presented students with the option to select a site and building program of their choosing, using steel as the primary material.

The thirteen winning projects were selected for their innovative designs using structural steel and their design responses to local contexts. Further details about and photos of each project are available here: acsa-arch.org/competitions/2025-steel-competition/winners/.

The AISC standard Prequalified Connections for Special and Intermediate Steel Moment Frames for Seismic Applications (AISC 358-27) is available for public review from September 15 until November 3, 2025.

Do architects make good business and marketing people? It probably depends on the architect. But we thought we'd ask someone who knows: architect Tyler Suomala, founder of the Growthitect newsletter and podcast.

We've learned a lot from Tyler's newsletter and podcast. So much so that AISC is excited to be a sponsor of the Growthitect podcast, which you can tune into at podcast.growthitect.com.

Kicking off our association, we had the opportunity to ask Tyler about his background, architecture journey, and his thoughts on the business of architecture and the state of the practice. We found the exchange engaging, fun, and surprising at times. Let us know what you think.

The American Institute of Steel Construction is thrilled to welcome Northeastern University Professor Jerome Hajjar, PE, PhD, to its inaugural Innovation Fellowship program, a collaborative research residency at the Institute's Chicago headquarters.

The fellowship, a minimum semester-long iteration of AISC's two-week Innovation Scholar summer program, aims to engage industry leaders with structural steel-focused research and provide avenues for continued collaboration in the process.

Proactive fabricators are partnering with local organizations to tackle the skilled trade labor shortage head-on. Exhibit A: a successful collaboration between Universal Steel and Decide DeKalb.

They'll share what they've learned from working together in the first of a series of free, virtual Insider Shop Talk sessions from the American Institute of Steel Construction, which will take place at 11 a.m. Central on Wednesday, September 10.