Nucor has unveiled a plan for reaching net-zero emissions within 30 years.

The company announced Nov. 13 a goal to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas output by 2050 and an interim target for 2030, aligning with the Global Steel Climate Council’s (GSCC) “Steel Climate Standard” similar target date for emissions reduction across the steel industry.

The targets include scopes 1, 2, and 3 emissions from hot-rolled steel production as defined by the GSCC. In setting them, Nucor became the first diversified steelmaker in the U.S. to establish greenhouse gas reduction targets across all three scopes. The new targets are more rigorous than Nucor’s 2021 goals, which called for a 35 percent reduction in steel mill scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas intensity by 2030.

An I-95 overpass in northern Philadelphia has opened with permanent lanes about five months after it collapsed due to a tanker fire.

Six lanes--three on each side--paved over steel girders reopened to traffic Nov. 6, marking the completion of the first of two phases to repair the overpass near Cottman Avenue that partially collapsed June 11 when a tanker lost control while exiting the highway, crashed under the bridge, and caught fire. The crash collapsed the six northbound lanes and rendered the six southbound ones unsound.

High Steel Structures was tapped as the fabricator for the new bridge in the days following the crash. It fabricated 16 106- to 108-ft girders, the first of which arrived on site in late August. Eight of those support the newly constructed lanes, which opened ahead of schedule.

Two notable structural engineering firms are combining forces.

San Francisco-based Degenkolb Engineers and Michigan-based Ruby+Associates announced a purchase agreement and acquisition that took effect Nov. 1. Degenkolb will take on Ruby+Associates' 55 employees and, with the acquisition, now has more than 330 employees in 10 offices across the country.

An anonymous donor has contributed $50,000 to the AISC Education Foundation in Steve’s honor. The Steven J. Fenves Scholarship will help develop the next generation of inspired designers and innovative thinkers.

The Education Foundation is trying to double the impact of that generous donation by raising an additional $50,000. AISC scholarships lighten the load for students, allowing them to spend more time focusing on their studies and giving them a head start in life after graduation.

Fenves noted that funding like this provides freedom to let students focus and start their adult lives with less debt. “This scholarship is an immediate, enormous help to young people to free themselves from the constraints of loans and concentrate on doing what they want to do,” he said. “I feel honored that this scholarship was established. And I feel envious of the young people who get it, because it’s really an accelerated path to their future that they wouldn’t have otherwise."