This week is Women in Construction Week (March 6-12), a national celebration of women’s achievements in the construction industry. Organized by the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC), the event is dedicated to raising awareness of the opportunities available for women in construction and emphasizing the growing role of women in the trades.
Levi’s Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers and Super Bowl 50, sets NFL records for seismic design and timely completion.
The National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA) is collaborating with Bridges to Prosperity (B2P), a nonprofit organization that builds footbridges in isolated communities across the world, to travel to the hamlet of Lura, in Churuquita Grande, Coclé, Panama April 9 to 22. The team will build a 51-m (about 168 ft) suspension bridge across the Lura River to replace the existing bridge. With the new infrastructure, 500 people will be connected to vital services such as healthcare, jobs and markets and nearly 200 children will be given the opportunity to attend school through the rainy season.
The remnants from a brutal 27-year civil war in the southern African country of Angola are still littered throughout its capital city, Luanda. Under a new project, an abundance of scrap metal from decommissioned tanks and weaponry is being collected and recycled into steel at the country’s first steel mill — and the largest in west and central Africa.
Architects and engineers will receive a comprehensive introduction to blast-resistance design of steel buildings by joining AISC’s two-part webinar series on March 17 and 24.
The National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA) has issued a free resource for Steel Span Weight Curves. The document features design aids that are intended to be used during preliminary phases of bridge design for evaluation of alternative framing schemes.
Congratulations to our winners! They are: Jeff Rodeheaver, detailing manager for SWF Industrial, Inc., Wrightsville, Pa.; and Nep Viajar, a civil/structural engineer with Fluor Corp., Houston.
Today is “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day,” an annual national event that connects girls with hands-on experiences that offer a glimpse of the various careers in engineering.
The world premier of a new documentary on one of America’s greatest bridge designers will be held during this year’s World Steel Bridge Symposium (April 13-15 in conjunction with the 2016 NASCC: The Steel Conference) in Orlando.
There’s good news and bad news to report about the condition of America’s bridges. A new analysis of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s recently-released 2015 “National Bridge Inventory” database explains the key findings.
Anyone want a free bridge? The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) currently has seven historic bridges (all of which are steel) that are available for reuse or relocation.
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is Washington, D.C.’s latest high-profile structural steel feature. It may also be the last Smithsonian Museum to be constructed on the National Mall.
Join AISC for a 1-hour continuing education course, “Lunchtime Learning: Structural Steel in Multifamily Housing,” at AIA DC on Friday, March 4 from noon to 1 p.m.
From truss design to new approaches for fire engineering, AISC is now offering you the opportunity to watch selected sessions from this year’s NASCC: The Steel Conference live from your own office or conference room from April 13-15.
AZZ Inc. (an AISC member) recently announced that it has acquired the assets of Alpha Galvanizing Inc., an Atkinson, Neb.-based business unit of Olson Industries, Inc.
A total of $104,000 provided by the AISC Education Foundation and various steel industry organizations will be awarded to students.
Steel work is complete for the new Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco, a $4.5 billion state-of-the-art bus and rail station that will accommodate 11 transit systems from the Bay Area and Southern California.
The Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA) recently announced the agenda for its 44th annual convention and tradeshow to be held April 27-29 in Charlotte, N.C.
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is seeking public comments through March 16 on an update to the ASCE/SEI standard, Structural Applications of Steel Cables for Buildings (19-10).
Be virtually transported into the field by attending AISC’s webinar “Practical Implementation of Composite Floor Designs” next Thursday, February 18 at 12:30 p.m. (CT).
CoreBrace, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of SME Industries, Inc., recently announced its purchase of Star Seismic in Park City, Utah. The companies (both AISC Members) engineer and fabricate buckling restrained braces (BRBs) for the purpose of protecting buildings against earthquake-related stresses.
The Tower at PNC Plaza is a bold green statement in a historically industrial town.
Building designers have a valuable resource for achieving acoustical conditions suitable for planned occupancies with AISC’s new Design Guide 30: Sound Isolation and Noise Control in Steel Buildings.
New steel tools have been added to www.steeltools.org, a platform facilitated by AISC to provide solutions for making structural steel design and construction easier.
AISC is presenting a 1-hour continuing education course, “Multistory Residential: Structural Steel Framing Solutions,” at AIA San Francisco on Tuesday, February 23, from noon to 1 p.m. Lunch will be provided.
The call for papers submission deadline for the 2016 Pacific Structural Steel Conference (PSSC) has been extended to Monday, February 29.
Congratulations to our winners! They are: Niranjan Kumar with DGSTS, Inc., Elgin, Ill.; and Nep Viajar, a civil/structural engineer with Fluor Corp., Houston.
A boom echoed through the Pittsburgh area on Tuesday morning with the implosion of the 107-year-old Hulton Bridge over the Allegheny River and Norfolk Southern Railroad. The bridge will be replaced with a 1,600-ft multi-girder steel structure.
The Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA) recently announced that several member companies are joining its Ironworker Training Unit and Assessment Site (TU/AS) network early this year.
The Steel Joist Institute is hosting a webinar, “Bridging for Open Web Steel Joists,” on Wednesday, February 17 from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET, which will explore various aspects of bridging from the underlying theory to installation details.
An updated version of the Steel Bridge Design Handbook is now available for free download.
Large steel trusses are rising for the retractable roof of the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium, future home to the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League and Atlanta United FC of Major League Soccer.
The biennial “Architectural Iron & Steel in the 21st Century: Design and Preservation of Contemporary & Historic Architecture” conference will be held on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus in Cambridge, Mass., April 2-3, 2016.
The American Galvanizers Association (AGA) is looking for qualified architects, engineers and other specifiers to judge its 2016 Excellence in Hot-Dip Galvanizing Awards.
Registration is now open for the 16th annual ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition for the 2015-2016 academic year. A total of $14,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to the winning students and their faculty sponsors.
Leaders from 10 U.S. communities are collaborating with experts from industry and academia to plan for the smart city of the future as part of a program called Envision America.
Seattle’s new North Transfer Station is tipping the curve toward enhanced hollow structural sections (HSS) with the use of the new ASTM A1085 specification for the tri-chord roof trusses within the station’s 57,000-sq.-ft tipping and transfer building — the largest use of these HSS on the U.S. West Coast.
Learn how to design smarter with structural steel by attending AISC's 1-hour continuing education course, “Multistory Residential: Structural Steel Framing Solutions,” at AIA Austin on Wednesday, February 10, from noon to 1 p.m.
A look at the modern metallizing process and how it can provide a long service life for steel bridge applications.
Are you ready for Night School? Classes begin Tuesday, February 2, for AISC’s new course “Steel Design 2: Selected Topics.”
AISC Vice President John Cross is slated to present at Platts’ 12th annual Steel Markets North America Conference in Chicago, March 14-15. Hear from him about anticipated future trends in the building construction market and the impact those trends will have on steel demand.
A look at the basics of curving steel—a process that is anything but basic.
A free webinar on Thursday, January 22, will cover the history of an iconic design standard: the AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings, which was first issued in 1923.
A look at what you should know about archaeological finds on construction sites.
The first quarter 2016 issue of AISC’s Engineering Journal is now available at www.aisc.org/ej. You can view, download and print the current digital edition.
Are you involved in the design or construction of steel buildings or bridges? Register now for the 2016 NASCC: The Steel Conference in Orlando, Fla., April 13-15!
Happy Holidays to you and yours from all of us at Modern Steel Construction!
The current drafts of the 2016 AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings (AISC 360-16) and 2016 AISC Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings (AISC 341-16) are now available for public review until February 1, 2016. Both are updates of the 2010 versions of the standards.
Steel framing is taking shape for the new seven-story, 377,000-sq.-ft Cancer Center at Cleveland Clinic.
This Sunday will mark 85 years of service for Chicago’s Wabash Avenue Bridge. Opened to traffic on December 20, 1930, this double-leaf bascule bridge was named the “Most Beautiful” steel bridge by AISC that same year.