AISC is now accepting musical entries for the third annual STEELapalooza contest celebrating SteelDay! 

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport’s 55,000-sq.-ft terminal expansion honors the vocabulary of the existing terminal building while adopting a fresh and bold new aesthetic to reflect the vibrancy of the city the airport serves. 

Last week AISC presented members of the project team of New York’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice with the 2015 IDEAS² Award for excellence in steel-frame building design during a ceremony conducted at the college. 

SSAB, a Swedish and U.S.-based steel producer (and an AISC member), invites students to enter its annual University Challenge. 

A $50 million contract comprising most of the structural steel work for the new Detroit Events Center has been awarded to Detroit-headquartered Midwest Steel (an AISC Member and Advanced Certified Steel Erector). 

Only three weeks left to submit nominations for the most prestigious lectureship award in the structural steel industry, the T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award, which includes a $15,000 cash prize! 

Schuff Steel in Stockton, Calif. (an AISC Member/AISC Certified fabricator) is fabricating the main steel truss assemblies that will support the roof of downtown Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center arena, the future home of the NBA Sacramento Kings. 

The Deep Foundations Institute Educational Trust’s second annual Thomas J. Wysockey Scholarship Fundraising Dinner will take place next Thursday, July 16, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Union League Club of Chicago. All proceeds from the dinner benefit the Thomas Wysockey Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund, which provides financial awards to deserving civil engineering students pursuing a career in the deep foundations industry.

SSPC: The Society For Protective Coatings has announced the appointment of William M. Worms as executive director, effective September 1, 2015. Worms will succeed William (Bill) Shoup, who is retiring with over 15 years of distinguished service. 

AISC is offering a three-part webinar series, “Introduction to Earthquake Engineering for Steel Structures,” which will take place on July 15, 22 and 29. The series will provide an introduction to the concepts and principles that underlie the seismic design of steel structures. 

The National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA) is now accepting entries for the 2016 Prize Bridge Competition. The competition, held every other year, honors the most outstanding and innovative steel bridges constructed in the U.S. 

A new rail station and pedestrian bridge navigate existing electrical lines above a stop along America’s busiest passenger rail corridor. 

The third 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. 

The American Welding Society (AWS) has launched WeldLink - a career planning and management system specifically designed to bring together individuals, businesses and schools in the welding industry. 

The National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA) has released a new version of its Steel Bridge Suite, which includes updates to the AASHTO/NSBA Steel Bridge Collaboration Standards and enhancements to LRFD Simon, NSBA’s free software for preliminary steel plate and box girder design.

Congratulations to our winners! They are Mark Sencich, VDC manager - Western Division, Schuff Steel Company, San Diego (an AISC Member/Certified fabricator); and Nep Viajar, a civil/structural engineer with Fluor Corp. in Houston.

In a recent signing ceremony, Bureau Veritas, an international conformity assessment service provider in the building and infrastructure industry, and Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the certification body for the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED green building rating program, finalized the terms of their exclusive global agreement to facilitate LEED certification internationally. 

Revit Technology Conference (RTC) organizers have announced the inaugural Building Content Summit (BCS) will be held July 22 in Washington, D.C. prior to the RTC. The conference is aimed at gathering manufacturers, engineers, BIM creators and architects to discuss improving BIM content.

A new book titled “Steel: From Mine to Mill, The Metal that Made America” tells the story of steel’s journey to becoming the backbone for American infrastructure, from its use in railroads and steel ships to skyscrapers and bridges. 

The first massive section of structural steel for the approach span of New York’s new Tappan Zee Bridge was successfully installed last week using the “I Lift NY” super crane.  

3 WTC is rising; 2 WTC design plans unveiled. 

Interested in some memorabilia commemorating one of America's greatest bridge designers? An Indeigogo campaign is seeking funds to help produce a documentary on Ralph Modjeski. 

The first model U.S. code focused on green building design and performance of new and existing commercial buildings, the International Green Construction Code (IgCC), has been updated and is available for pre-order.

The National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA) is offering a one-hour webinar on new continuous span standards and updates to SIMON LRFD software next Thursday, June 25, beginning at noon EDT.      

University faculty are invited to apply for the 2016 AISC Milek Fellowship, a four-year fellowship given to a promising university faculty member to conduct structural steel research. 

The new eastbound bascule span of the Pasquotank River Bridge in Elizabeth City, N.C., is open to the public. 

The Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA) has named Carrie Sopuch-Gulajan, president of Construction Insurance Agency, Inc., Manassas, Va., Person of the Year. 

A product category rule is now available for structural steel.

Are you ready to make your structural steel vision come to life? Then enter AISC’s fifth annual Steel Sculpture Competition! 

To mark the recent opening of the observation tower at One World Trade Center in New York City, a time-lapse video showing construction of the 1,776-ft-tall steel-framed tower has been released by EarthCam. 

A new steel assembly at NC State provides higher learning opportunities for building teams working with architecturally exposed structural steel (AESS) requirements. 

John “Jack” Hilton Busch, a longtime AISC Board member and the Board Chair from 1983 through 1985, passed away on June 2. He was 87.

A team of 12 students from the University of Florida constructed the winning bridge in the 2015 ASCE/AISC National Student Steel Bridge Competition (NSSBC), hosted by the University of Missouri-Kansas City, May 22-23.

The Research Council on Structural Connections (RCSC) has posted errata (dated April 2015) to the August 1, 2014 RCSC Specification for Structural Joints Using High-Strength Bolts, along with an updated edition of the Specification, at www.boltcouncil.org.

Duane K. Miller, Sc.D., P.E., of The Lincoln Electric Company (an AISC member) was elected to the 2015 Class of Fellows of the American Welding Society this past spring.

Congratulations to our sole winner: Mark Sencich, VDC manager - Western Division, Schuff Steel Company, San Diego (an AISC Member/Certified fabricator)! 

Fire code consultant Richard C. Schulte, a 2006 AISC Special Achievement Award winner honored for bringing rationality to the discussion of the 9/11 destruction of the World Trade Center, died on May 11 after a battle with cancer. He was 60 years old.

Nominations are being accepted for the most prestigious lectureship award in the structural steel industry, the T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award, which includes a $15,000 cash prize!

Learn new approaches to structural fire engineering in AISC's webinar--taking place next Thursday, June 4.

Oakland International Airport (OAK) now has a direct link to the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system.

The above photograph, released last week by Arup engineers, reveals the future potential of 3D printing for the construction and manufacturing sectors.

The Deep Foundations Institute Educational Trust has announced the second annual Thomas J. Wysockey Scholarship Fundraising Dinner will be held on July 16 from 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. at the Union League Club of Chicago. All proceeds from the dinner benefit the Thomas Wysockey Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund, which provides financial awards to deserving civil engineering students pursuing a career in the deep foundations industry.

The American Galvanizers Association (AGA) has announced the winners of this year’s Excellence in Hot-Dip Galvanizing Awards. The winning projects highlight the vast array of uses for hot-dip galvanizing.

If you missed the 2015 NASCC: The Steel Conference in Nashville (which drew the conference's highest attendance ever!), AISC offers the next-best thing. The more than 100 recorded sessions from this year’s conference, which include a synchronization of the speakers’ voices along with their visual presentations, are now available for free online viewing at www.aisc.org/2015nascconline.

Heavy steel work is underway at Zalk Josephs Fabricators in Stoughton, Wis., (an AISC Member/Certified fabricator) for Chicago’s 150 N. Riverside office tower project under construction in the city’s West Loop.

Today marks 95 years of service for Chicago’s Michigan Avenue Bridge (officially named the DuSable Bridge in 2010). Arguably the most recognizable bridge in Chicago, this downtown landmark carries Michigan Avenue across the main stem of the Chicago River.

Springfield, Ill.-based Selvaggio Steel, Inc. (an AISC Member/Certified fabricator) saved a replica of President Lincoln’s funeral hearse from missing its entrance.

Earlier this month, Steel Fabricators of Monroe, LLC in Monroe, La., (an AISC Member/Certified fabricator) dedicated a steel sculpture to the School of Construction Management at the University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM). The sculpture’s design was obtained from AISC to be used as a visual teaching aid for students.

The Steel Tube Institute (STI) has announced the appointment of Joseph Anderson to Executive Director following the retirement of Bill Wolfe, who served 13 years in the position. Anderson was named the association’s Hollow Structural Sections (HSS) Director last April.

AISC will host a free, half-day workshop on “Maximizing the Value of Your Model” in Greenville, S.C., on Thursday, May 21.