CHICAGO - The latest version of the American Institute of Steel Construction’s flagship standard, the Specification for Structural Steel Buildings (ANSI/AISC 360-22), is now available at aisc.org/2022spec. This document supersedes ANSI/AISC 360-16, and it…
Prefabricated wooden elements increase sustainability and efficiency in construction
Wood element construction has significant advantages over traditional on-site construction. It lowers carbon emissions during construction, element prefabrication…
Updated AISC Standard for Certification Programs Available for Public Review
CHICAGO - A draft of the next edition of the AISC Standard for Certification Programs (AISC 207) is now available for public review and comment. When…
Portland Cement Association Regards EPA Proposed Action Involving Particulate Matter Air Quality Standards as Superfluous
Fine Particle Pollution has continuously dropped for decades, and will continue to fall without newly proposed EPA action. The move could also harm progress of infrastructure programs. Washington, D.C. – Portland Cement Association (PCA),…
PCA Introduces Updated RCC Design Manual
Roller-compacted concrete reference for spillways and overtopping protection revised for 2023 Washington, D.C.—The Portland Cement Association (PCA), which represents the majority of America’s cement manufacturers, is pleased to announce the release of…
NSBA/Modjeski and Masters Release Guide to Uncoated Weathering Steel: the Ultimate Economical, Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Fast Bridge Material
CHICAGO - Since the 1960s, Departments of Transportation around the country have taken advantage of a remarkably sustainable, efficient, economical building material: uncoated weathering steel, or UWS. The new Uncoated Weathering Steel Reference Guide, developed…
American Concrete Institute Publishes Code Requirements for Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) Bars
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich- The American Concrete Institute, through the work of ACI Committee 440, has released ACI CODE-440.11-22: Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete Reinforced with Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) Bars. The code was…
Purdue research buzzing about construction lessons taken from bees, honeycombs
Nikhilesh Chawla, the Ransburg Professor of Materials Engineering at Purdue University, and Rahul Franklin, a graduate research assistant in materials engineering, prepare to examine a honeybee comb sample with a 3D X-ray microscope at the Flex Lab in Discovery…
AISC Releases Buy Clean Guidance to Help Legislators Maximize Structural Steel’s Unmatched Sustainability
CHICAGO - Hot-rolled structural steel is the greenest structural material on the market, thanks to its unsurpassed recycled content and ability to be recycled into new steel, over and over again, with no loss of properties. It's an obvious choice for the Buy…
Transbay Study Group Makes Recommendations
CHICAGO - The American Institute of Steel Construction’s ad hoc task group on Transbay has wrapped up its work and made its recommendations to the AISC Committee on Specifications. The group was formed after cracks were discovered in steel members in the…
