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.
Todd A. Helwig, PhD, professor of civil engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, is the 2017 recipient of AISC’s T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award. Helwig is being honored for his paper “Stiffness Behavior of Cross Frames in Steel Bridge Systems” and other papers related to stability bracing, as well as his outstanding reputation as an engineer and lecturer. This annual award, which includes a $15,000 cash prize, will be presented to Helwig at the 2017 NASCC: The Steel Conference in San Antonio, Texas, March 22-24.
Structural steel for 3 World Trade Center topped out last week. At 1,079 ft and 80 floors, the 2.5-million-sq.-ft tower is envisioned to be the third-tallest skyscraper at the World Trade Center site — and will be the fifth-tallest in New York upon completion in 2018.
Hundreds of people gathered with representatives of Bi-State Development (BSD) and Metro transit, the Federal Transit Administration, and elected and civic leaders from Illinois and Missouri on the top deck of the Eads Bridge in St. Louis last week to celebrate the completion of the first full-scale rehabilitation of this 142-year-old steel icon.
The first folded steel plate girder system (FSPGS) bridge in Pennsylvania was erected in McKean County near Bradford in less than three hours as part of an accelerated bridge construction (ABC) program that shaved as much as two weeks off of the delivery time.
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. and the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) jointly announced that U.S. Representative Rick Nolan (D-MN) was honored with the 2016 Congressional Steel Champion Award from AISI. The award recognizes Rep. Nolan for his dedication to and support of the American steel industry and its employees.
Thousands participated in this year's SteelDay which featured a new documentary on one of America’s greatest bridge designers, dozens of networking and educational events at steel facilities and jobsites around the country, as well as various online voting competitions.
A new steel arch in Portland, Ore., replaces a prominent crossing of the Willamette River.
Abstract submissions are being accepted through December 31 for the inaugural World Innovation in Bridge Engineering (WIBE) competition.
The Steel Joist Institute presents part two of a webinar series titled “Evaluation and Modification of Open Web Steel Joists and Joist Girders,” on Wednesday, October 19, from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. (ET), followed by a 15-minute Q&A session.
The fourth-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.
AISC is presenting a one-hour continuing education course, Design Smarter with Structural Steel: Multifamily, Hotel & Student Housing, via AIA Columbus, Ohio, at Dempsey’s restaurant next Thursday, October 13, from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch will be provided.