SidePlate, an AISC Member based in Mission Viejo, Calif., recently announced that three full-scale seismic tests have been successfully carried out by the University of San Diego on the company’s Bolted connection, a field-bolted moment frame that debuted in 2013.
AISC is pleased to announce its new Board appointments.
The Steel Joist Institute (SJI) is hosting a webinar this Thursday, December 17, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (ET) titled “Engineering Ethics Today.”
The new Abraham Lincoln Bridge opened to traffic this week. The 2,100-ft-long, 100-ft-wide cable-stayed bridge connects Louisville, Ky., and Jeffersonville, Ind., across the Ohio River and carries three lanes of traffic.
AISC presented members of the project team of Florida Polytechnic University’s Innovation, Science and Technology Building (IST) with the 2015 IDEAS2 Award for excellence in steel-frame building design during a ceremony today at the university in Lakeland, Fla.
Some of the world's top tall buildings are showcased in Best Tall Buildings: A Global Overview of 2015 Skyscrapers, a new book by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).
There’s still time to enter your steel-framed building projects in the 2016 IDEAS2 Awards competition! The deadline for entries has been extended to Friday, December 18, at 11:59 p.m.
AISC is now accepting public comments through January 8 on proposed requirements for its new Hydraulic Steel Structures Certification Program and updated Building Certification Program.
Flowing between the multiple buildings at Miami's new Brickell City Centre is the "climate ribbon" — an undulating, angular steel-and-glass canopy that harnesses the wind through the areas it covers.
The Steel Tube Institute (STI) has launched an HSS Production Capability Tool designed to help specifiers and those within the steel supply chain locate producers of specific sizes of hollow structural sections (HSS).
AISC, the Steel Recycling Institute (SRI) and the Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI) teamed up to showcase the sustainable benefits of steel at this year’s Greenbuild.
Effective today, AISC has introduced a new fee schedule for its Certification programs.
Join the National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA) for a 1-hour lunchtime webinar on Wednesday, December 16, focusing on the use of metalizing in steel bridge applications.
AISC is presenting a 1-hour course as part of a full-day continuing education event at AIA Houston on Tuesday, December 15.
Congratulations to our winners! They are: Melinda Grubb, CSR at PGi, Olathe, Kan.; and Nep Viajar, a civil/structural engineer with Fluor Corp., Houston.
A new Supplement No.1 (ANSI/AISC N690s1-15) to the AISC Specification for Safety-Related Steel Structures for Nuclear Facilities (ANSI/AISC N690-12) is now available.
Abstracts are being accepted through December 15 for the 9th International Conference on Structures in Fire, which will be held in Princeton, N.J., June 8-10, 2016.
There’s only a few weeks left to enter your steel bridge projects in the 2016 Prize Bridge Competition!
Join AISC for a webinar on Thursday, December 3, titled “Weld Details: Good, Bad and Ugly,” and learn preferred practices for quality, dependable and cost-effective welded connections.
While the Cubs’ season is over, work is progressing on the expansion and restoration of Chicago’s historic Wrigley Field, which is known as the 1060 Project.
AISC presented members of the project team of Pomona College’s Studio Art Hall with the 2015 IDEAS2 Award for excellence in steel-frame building design during a ceremony conducted at the college on Monday.
Sanford H. High (1907-1983) has been posthumously recognized by the American Road and Transportation Builders (ARTBA) Foundation with an induction into the organization’s Transportation Development Hall of Fame.
Registration is open for the 10th annual steelChallenge, hosted by the World Steel Association. The competition challenges students and young industry professionals from around the globe to test their skills in steelmaking to win various prizes and recognition in the steel industry.
Get a glimpse into the life of a Mohawk ironworker in this gripping documentary.
An intricate triple-truss mast travels across the country to become the final piece of a northern California hospital.
AISC is hosting a two-hour continuing education course, “Design Smarter with Structural Steel: Sustainability + Multifamily, Hotel and Student Housing,” at AIA Portland on Thursday, December 3, from noon to 2 p.m. Lunch will be provided.
There’s only one month left to enter your steel-framed building projects in the 2016 IDEAS2 Awards competition!
Software providers FabSuite and Steel Projects have recently signed an agreement to provide shared products and enhanced integration for the structural steel fabrication industry.
The Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA) is seeking nominations for its 2015 Project of the Year Awards.
Congratulations to our October trivia winner, Nep Viajar, a civil/structural engineer with Fluor Corp. in Houston!
The Steel Tube Institute (STI) is hosting a webinar, “HSS-to-HSS and HSS Bracing Connections,” next Thursday, November 5, from 11 a.m. to noon (CT).
Today marks the golden anniversary of St. Louis’ Gateway Arch!
A total of $40,000 in scholarships will be awarded to freshman or sophomore students who are enrolled in a two-year or four-year college and are relatives of an AISC Member company employee.
A massive steel spine is curving through downtown Chicago, which will support the Navy Pier Flyover, an elevated pedestrian path that will extend from south of the Chicago River Bridge to Jane Addams Park just west of Navy Pier.
Tomorrow marks 95 years of service for Chicago’s Franklin Street Bridge!
Learn how you can take action to urge Congress to enact a long-term transportation bill.
Organizers of the Pacific Structural Steel Conference (PSSC) are now accepting abstracts for papers to be presented at the 2016 conference in Shanghai, China, from October 26-28. Abstracts will be accepted until January 15, 2016.
There’s still time to sign up for AISC’s free, half-day workshop on “Maximizing the Value of Your Model” this Thursday, October 22, in Houston.
Installation of the Light Column — the central feature of San Francisco’s new 1.5 million-sq.-ft Transbay Transit Center — is complete.
The current draft of the 2016 AISC Code of Standard Practice (AISC 303-16) is now available for public review until November 15, 2015; this is an update of the 2010 version of the Code.
Maria Garlock, P.E., Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University, is the 2016 recipient of the prestigious T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award, which is presented annually by AISC.
AISC and the Steel Joist Institute (SJI) are hosting a two-part webinar series, “Evaluation and Modification of Open Web Steel Joists and Joist Girders.” Part one in the series will take place next Wednesday, October 21, from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. (CT).
Atorod Azizinamini, P.E., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Florida International University’s College of Engineering and Computing, has been named a 2015 White House Transportation Champion of Change.
Construction of New York’s new Tappan Zee Bridge has reached the halfway mark. The twin-span bridge’s eight towers are rising toward their ultimate height of more than 100 ft, and big blue steel is becoming more visible as workers continue to install about 130 steel girder assemblies over the Hudson River.
The Fastener Training Institute is hosting a 90-minute webinar titled “Structural Bolting – Including New Specifications and Changes” next Friday, October 16, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (PT).
3-2-1...Liftoff! A 200-ft, 20-story steel tower is rising at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Crew Access Tower will give astronauts and support teams access to board rockets to be launched for flight tests and missions to the International Space Station.
If you’re a steel bridge professional interested in exchanging ideas with others in the industry, you should consider attending the next AASHTO/NSBA Steel Bridge Collaboration meeting, to be held in Denver, November 18-20 at the Crowne Plaza Denver Downtown.
The fourth quarter 2015 issue of AISC’s Engineering Journal is now available at www.aisc.org/ej. You can view, download and print the current digital edition.
An 11-story cube of shimmering glass will soon float over the streets of downtown Los Angeles—and it isn’t a Hollywood special effect.
Thousands of people gained special access to today’s innovations and accomplishments of the U.S. structural steel industry in celebration of the seventh annual SteelDay on September 25, hosted by AISC and its members and partners. If you weren’t able to join in the festivities, you can still take advantage of SteelDay’s online offerings made available by AISC.