Nominations are being accepted through December 1 for AISC’s new Early Career Faculty Award. The award recognizes individuals who demonstrate promise in the areas of structural steel research, teaching and/or other contributions to the structural steel industry. 

The Steel Tube Institute (STI) is hosting a webinar titled “What Your Fabricator Wishes You Knew About HSS,” next Thursday, October 8, from 11 a.m. to noon (CT). 

Nucor Corporation (an AISC Member) has announced that Nucor-Yamato Steel Company (NYS), a joint venture between Nucor and Yamato Kogyo Co. Ltd, is installing a $75 million Quench and Self-Tempering (QST) process to be used on its 1.4 million tons of Mill 2 rolling capacity. 

In the spirit of SteelDay today, we invite you to share how you’re celebrating! Tell us your plans for a chance to win a hardbound copy of the 2nd Edition AISC Seismic Design Manual! 

Happy SteelDay! Today marks the structural steel industry’s seventh annual national celebration, and among the free offerings is a new video by AISC called Architecturally Exposed: Understanding the Art and Science of Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel (AESS). Watch the video and take a quiz for continuing education credit! 

Join AISC for a free continuing education course (with free lunch provided!), "Design Smarter with Structural Steel: Multifamily, Hotel and Student Housing," at AIA Chicago on October 15 from 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. 

Lewis (Lew) Brunner passed away peacefully at his home in Wheaton, Ill., surrounded by family and friends on September 14, 2015, at the age of 92. He was a recognized leader at AISC, joining the Institute in 1980 as its director of marketing and later becoming vice president of membership services. Prior to his retirement in 1995, he served briefly as director of meetings and conferences. 

The current draft of the 2016 AISC Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings is now available for a second public review until October 19, 2015. 

Only one week left until SteelDay! Events include project site tours, like today's "pre-SteelDay" tour of Philadelphia's Museum Towers II apartment building. 

Stroll through the creation of the iconic steel structures at Chicago's Millennium Park. 

The Steel Joist Institute (SJI) is hosting a webinar on “Joist Models in Standard Structural Software Packages” next Thursday, September 24, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (ET). 

Congratulations to this year's Steel Design Student Competition winners!

AISC members spent all summer creating scintillating structural steel sculptures, and now’s your chance to vote for your favorite! 

A look at how New York's World Trade Center has taken shape, structure by structure. 

Engineering firms Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. and Weidlinger Associates, Inc., have merged. 

Classes begin Monday, September 21, for AISC’s new Night School course “Application of the AISC Seismic Design Manual.” 

Entries are now being accepted for ESAB’s “A Cut Above” student contest.  

A wavy form defines a new performing arts center in Iowa. 

A revised edition of the American Welding Society’s Structural Welding Code – Steel (AWS D1.1/D1.1M:2015) is now available. 

It’s that time of year again! Architectural and engineering firms, structural steel companies, general contractors and owners are encouraged to enter their steel-framed building projects in the 2016 IDEAS² Awards competition. 

SteelDay is only 25 days away! AISC is encouraging its student members to join in the countdown by participating in a steel selfie contest on Instagram. 

Henry J. Mykich, director of safety for the American Bridge Company in Coraopolis, Pa., passed away on August 22 of complications from lung surgery. He was 60 years old. 

Congratulations to our August trivia winners! They are: Mark Sencich with Schuff Steel Company in San Diego and Nep Viajar with Fluor Corp. in Houston! 

AISC presented Columbus, Ohio, Mayor, Michael B. Coleman and members of the project team of the Hilton Columbus Downtown High Street Bridge with its 2015 IDEAS² Award for excellence in steel-frame building design yesterday, at which time the bridge was also dedicated in Mayor Coleman’s honor. 

The current draft of the 2016 AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings is now available for a second public review until September 21, 2015. 

The official rules for the 2016 ASCE/AISC National Student Steel Bridge Competition (NSSBC) are now posted at www.aisc.org/steelbridge. 

A new landmark addition to the Dallas skyline is taking shape — in steel. 

The structural steel industry’s largest networking and educational function returns for a seventh successive year on Friday, September 25, and offers new ways to get involved.

John Correnti, 68, CEO of Big River Steel and the driver behind a $1.3 billion steel mill project currently under construction in Arkansas, passed away on August 18.

See how Bensalem, Pa.-based PennFab put Amtrak back on track after the Northeast Regional train disaster this past spring.

AISC is accepting proposals to update the document Sample Safety Program Elements for Structural Steel Fabricators, developed by the AISC Safety Committee. 

A 54-story, 1.2 million-sq.-ft office tower is rising at 150 N. Riverside in Chicago’s West Loop. The project is the first in the U.S. to be built using A913 70-ksi hot rolled structural steel — and AISC is offering a free site tour on Friday, August 28!

The Steel Joist Institute (SJI) is hosting a webinar next Wednesday, August 19 on “Lessons Learned: Do’s and Don’ts,” next Wednesday, August 19, from 11:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. (EDT). The webinar will draw from decades of practical experience in the specification and design of open web steel joists and joist girders. 

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the International Code Council (ICC) recently announced an agreement to collaborate across a wide range of initiatives ranging from code development and compliance to sustainability and energy conservation to increasing building code knowledge among architects. 

Total U.S. construction spending in June recorded the highest year-over-year growth rate since 2006, according to the Associated General Contractors of America. 

One World Trade Center in New York City has been named this year’s Best Tall Building in the Americas by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). 

Get an inside look at the Gourd, one of this year’s “Cool List” projects featured in the August issue of Modern Steel. View even more photos of these projects at www.modernsteel.com/cool2015. 

Four AISC student members have won a Tau Beta Pi scholarship for undergraduate study during the 2015-16 academic year. 

AISC is offering a new continuing education article, “Achieving Higher Quality in High-Density Residential: the Strengths of Structural Steel,” available at Architectural Record’s online Continuing Education Center and originally published in the August issue of Architectural Record. 

A group of ironworkers building the new Stony Brook Children’s Hospital in Long Island, N.Y., painted “get well” messages on the project’s steel beams for the young patients at the existing hospital next door.  

The American Galvanizers Association (AGA) has released a series of case study videos discussing hot-dip galvanizing performance over the lifetime of projects that have been in service for at least 10 years. 

Congratulations to our sole winner: Justin Franklin, digital marketing manager at Response Labs in Baltimore! 

Purdue University has released a new report titled "Fatigue and Fracture Library for the Inspection, Evaluation, and Repair of Vehicular Steel Bridges." 

Yesterday afternoon, AISC presented its 2015 IDEAS² Award for excellence in steel-frame building design to members of the project team of the University of Oregon's Hatfield-Dowlin Football Performance Center in Eugene, Ore. 

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) and the Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), a business unit of AISI, recently launched #SummerOfSteel -- a summer-long social media campaign promoting steel through a digital “road trip” across North America. 

AISC is offering a four-part webinar series, “Bracing Connections and Related Topics,” which will be held on Thursdays starting August 13 through September 10. 

The new Wilshire Grand is poised to redefine the Los Angeles skyline. Located on the site of the recently demolished Wilshire Grand Hotel, the 1,100-ft-tall skyscraper will be the tallest structure in the Western U.S. 

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently released data about the road and bridge conditions for each state. The data shows that nearly half the country's roads and more than 25% of its bridges are in "poor" condition, and this is costing each motorist an average of $300 annually. 

The National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA) has released its Continuous Span Standards for Steel Plate Girder Bridges. 

Abstracts are now being accepted for the 2016 SSRC Annual Stability Conference, which will be held April 12-15 in conjunction with NASCC: The Steel Conference at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.