If you can't make it to San Antonio for this year's NASCC: The Steel Conference (March 22-24), you can register for the next best thing. NASCC Live offers a choice of 26 of the best sessions, streamed live. You can watch the sessions from your home or office, ask the speaker questions and receive PDH credit.
Congratulations to our winner: Mounir Matta, structural design manager - building projects at Lusail Real Estate Development Company!
AISC is pleased to announce the election of seven new members to its Board of Directors.
The Steel Joist Institute (SJI) is kicking off this year’s webinar series with “Building Design – The Intelligent Approach” on February 15 from 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. (ET).
Registration is now open for the Steel Erectors Association of America’s (SEAA) 45th annual National Convention & Trade Show, which will take place April 27-29 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The event connects erectors, fabricators and general contractors, and tackles issues essential to steel erection.
The 2016 AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings (ANSI/AISC 360-16) is now available for free at www.aisc.org/2016spec.
U.S. Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL), along with nearly 20 House Republicans, published a letter to the incoming Trump Administration pledging their assistance in the development of its “Buy American, Hire American” initiative.
Attention college and university faculty: It’s time to register your students for the 17th annual ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition.
Classes begin January 30 for AISC’s new Night School course, “Design of Industrial Buildings.” The course comprises eight, 90-minute live webinar sessions, which all take place on Monday evenings at 7 p.m. ET.
The first-quarter 2017 issue of AISC’s Engineering Journal is now available at www.aisc.org/ej. You can view, download and print the current digital edition.
Danielle D. Kleinhans, PE, PhD, has joined the National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA), a division of AISC, as its new Managing Director.
Located in a scenic but difficult-to-access site on the East River in Manhattan, Rockefeller University’s new lab facility incorporated modular construction delivered by barges to come together piece by massive piece.
United Steel, Inc. (an AISC member and certified fabricator) based in East Hartford, Conn., has received three honors from industry organizations throughout the New England region.
AISC is offering a webinar, “What An Engineer Needs to Know About Steel Erection,” on Thursday, January 19.
Anne-Marie Eischen has joined AISC as its new vice president of finance, responsible for overseeing all financial and accounting activities of the Institute.
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) recently worked with FARO Technologies, Inc., Direct Dimensions, Inc., and the NextManufacturing Center at Carnegie Mellon University to take the first-ever 3D scan of the iconic steel Roberto Clemente Bridge in Pittsburgh.
A new film, Dream Big: Engineering Our World, is bringing today’s greatest engineering marvels to IMAX theaters and science centers across the country. Produced by MacGillivray Freeman Films in partnership with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and presented by Bechtel Corporation, the film celebrates the impact engineering has on shaping our world, with the hope of inspiring the next generation of engineers.
AISC is supporting ARTBA’s (American Road & Transportation Builders Association) grassroots effort to impact infrastructure activity. As such, AISC is encouraging everyone to visit ARTBA’s Grassroots Action Center, which will automatically send an email message, a tweet and Facebook post, to your representative and two senators.
Steel erection on the westbound approach lanes for the new Tappan Zee Bridge in New York has recently completed.
Abstract submissions are being accepted through December 31 for the inaugural World Innovation in Bridge Engineering (WIBE) competition.
The 2017 conference takes place March 22-24 in San Antonio at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center and will offer more than 130 technical sessions and feature over 220 exhibitors showcasing the latest equipment, software and tools. Registration for the conference is now open at www.aisc.org/nascc.
A steel sculpture has been installed at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) and was dedicated last Friday. It joins the more than 170 AISC steel sculptures located on university and college campuses across the country that are designed to give students a visual understanding of steel framing and steel connections.
The American Galvanizers Association (AGA) has released an industry-wide Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for hot-dip galvanized steel after fabrication.
Banker Steel (an AISC member and certified fabricator) recently announced that it has been awarded the structural steel framing contract for the One Vanderbilt project in New York City — a new, 1,464-ft-high, 1.6 million-sq.-ft building located at 42nd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue, immediately adjacent to Grand Central Terminal.
Nucor Corporation (an AISC member) recently announced that it has closed on its acquisition of Chicago-based Independence Tube Corporation, an independent manufacturer of hollow structural section (HSS) steel tubing (and also an AISC member), for approximately $435 million.
The Hearst Tower in New York has received the 10 Year Award in the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s (CTBUH) annual awards program. The award recognizes the proven value and performance of a building over a decade of its completion and operation.
Braced staggered steel trusses provide a superior solution for a new residential tower in Connecticut.
AISC presented members of the project team of the American Physical Society editorial office headquarters and expansion, Ridge, N.Y., with the 2016 IDEAS2 Award for excellence in steel-frame building design during ceremonies held at the building yesterday.
The Steel Joist Institute is accepting entries until February 10, 2017 for its annual Design Awards.
To assist engineers in learning how to use the relatively new direct analysis method of design, AISC is offering a webinar, “The Direct Analysis Method - Application and Examples,” next Thursday, December 8.
Vincent J. DeSimone, founder and chairman of New York–based DeSimone Consulting Engineers, passed away November 16 following a battle with cancer. He was 78 years old.
AISC presented members of the project team of the Nu Skin Innovation Center, Provo, Utah, with the 2016 IDEAS2 Award for excellence in steel-frame building design during ceremonies held at the center last Thursday.
30 Hudson Yards — a 90-story, steel-framed skyscraper slated to be the anchor of the new Hudson Yards mixed-use development in New York — is on the rise.
New revisions to UL Design No. D982 will allow fire protection costs to be cut nearly in half compared with old unrestrained applications. While UL D982 originally only applied to composite construction with normal-weight concrete, these limitations have been discarded as a result of testing that UL performed for AISI and AISC.
AISC presented members of the project team of the Mariposa Land Port of Entry border crossing, Nogales, Ariz., with the 2016 IDEAS2 Award for excellence in steel-frame building design during a ceremony on Tuesday at Jones Studio architects’ new office in Tempe, Ariz.
Students enrolled in the introduction to engineering class in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology have designed and constructed their own miniature bridges, which are currently on display for the public through November 16, then will be tested for strength.
Yesterday marked 100 years of service for Chicago’s Lake Street Bridge — the world’s first double-deck, double-leaf bascule bridge.
The new home of the Minnesota Vikings ushers in a new age of NFL stadiums with its steel-supported ETFE roof and giant operable wall panels.
AISC is accepting applications through December 1 for its David B. Ratterman Fast Start Scholarship program for the 2017-18 academic year. For the sixth straight year, the program will provide financial aid to college students whose parents are employed by an AISC member company. A total of $40,000 will be awarded.
The press-break tub girder system (PBTG) — a new technology for short-span steel bridge applications — developed by the Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (SSSBA) in conjunction with West Virginia University and Marshall University, has evolved from a research project to a viable solution for short-span bridges.
The 2016 version of the AISC standard, Prequalified Connections for Special and Intermediate Steel Moment Frames for Seismic Applications (ANSI/AISC 358-16) is now available for free downloading on the AISC website at www.aisc.org/aisc358.
The Steel Tube Institute (STI) is hosting a webinar, “Curved HSS Members: Design and Practical Considerations,” this Thursday, November 3, from 11 a.m. to noon (CT).
Congratulations to our winners! They are: Matt Baldwin, project manager, Jeff Rodeheaver, detailing manager, both with SWF Industrial, Inc., Wrightsville, Pa.; and Nep Viajar, a civil/structural engineer with Fluor Corp., Houston.
The Atlanta Falcons marked the completion of their new stadium’s retractable roof structure last week with a ceremony celebrating the installation of the last major structural steel truss for the roof.
After 93 years, the Broadway Bridge in Little Rock, Ark., was scheduled to come down and be replaced. But it wouldn’t go quietly. The bridge’s arch design, rated as structurally deficient, proved to be more resilient than originally expected.
The 28th Norwegian Steel Day take places next Thursday, November 3 in Oslo, Norway.
The transfer of lateral forces through connections is an important aspect of structural design. Accurate and economical connection design can only be accomplished when all forces, including transfer forces, are considered appropriately. Join AISC’s webinar, Demystifying Connection Design and Transfer Forces this Thursday, October 27, to learn about a method for determining and documenting accurate transfer forces, even for projects with several load cases and connection configurations.
Carter Lake, Iowa-based Owen Industries (an AISC member) is now an official registered apprenticeship sponsor and offers a three-year, competency-based welder apprenticeship program.
Florida International University (FIU) is inviting the public to learn from two of its award-winning faculty via seminars on steel bridge design and tall building design. The seminars, taking place in Washington, D.C., December 1 and 2, can be taken as introductory or refresher courses and are approved for continuing education credit by the New York and Florida boards of professional engineers.
The 2016 AISC Code of Standard Practice for Steel Buildings and Bridges (ANSI/AISC 303-16) is now available as a free PDF download at www.aisc.org/2016code.