2024 Steel Product and Design/Fabrication Software Guide
This guide briefly showcases the latest steel product and design/fabrication software used by civil and structural engineers throughout the industry. If your company should have been included, let us know at [email protected] or jboone@v١-media.com, and we’ll add it online.
All-Pro Fasteners
All-Pro Fasteners provides fastener supply solutions for a wide range of infrastructure applications, delivering reliable and cost-effective fasteners from domestic and international sources. All-Pro can also manufacture the fastener you need, with product quality assured based on testing at the company’s A2LA Quality Lab. All-Pro certified fasteners are fully compliant with the standards and regulations set by the AISC and AASHTO, and also meet ASTM A325 and A490 bolt specifications.
All-Pro provides its customers with a broad range of related services, including VMI/JMI and kitting programs, along with assisting with inventory control and paperwork-reduction initiatives. All-Pro goes beyond simply providing quality fasteners to delivering a wide range of related products and services … and solutions.
817-467-5700
Applied Bolting Technology
Applied Bolting Technology produces DuraSquirt DTIs (Direct Tension Indicators) that supply a bright orange indication when bolts have been tensioned, making tight bolts easy to see. DTIs are load cells that ensure compliance with bolting standards and specs. Torque, Turn-of-Nut and TCs can all produce false-positive tension, and regularly do: Torque scatter is ±40% for new bolts and worse for weathered. Relying on torque is optimism at best. TCs are torque bolts that are adversely affected by cold or wet weather. Turn-of-Nut can be defeated by misrepresenting turn angle, regardless of turn applied. DTIs read load. If a bolt is tight, a DTI will show it, independent of weather, torque, angle, tool or skill.
Chris Curven
800-552-1999
Bull Moose Tube
Founded in 1962, Bull Moose Tube boasts more than a half-century of proven experience providing customers with superior steel pipe and tube. Our enduring commitment to quality, innovation and service has made us one of the most respected names in our field and allowed us to grow into one of the largest producers of HSS and mechanical tubing in North America—and the market leader in sprinkler pipe. Our eight manufacturing facilities help ensure consistent product availability with industry-leading geographic reach, and our new Sinton, Texas, facility further expands the company’s product offerings in HSS, sprinkler pipe and pipe pile.
John W. Phillipp
314-250-0806
CivilGEO Inc.
CivilGEO develops civil engineering and stormwater software that greatly speeds up an engineer’s work when designing and analyzing structural steel bridge and culvert roadway crossings. Flood studies, bridge design, dam failure, detention pond design, urban drainage and more can be analyzed and designed. Users typically save at least 50% of their engineering time using the advanced automation that the software provides. The software tightly integrates with Autodesk Civil 3D and Bentley MicroStation as well as Esri’s ArcGIS and ArcMap. Free demonstration versions are available for trial.
Sara Presta
[email protected]
800-488-4110
www.civilgeo.com
DuraFuse Frames
For your next project, get the “DuraFuse Frames Difference” for steel moment frames. Reduce total steel tonnage, simplify fabrication and rapidly erect the frame while improving resilience. Ensure your building is ready for the next earthquake and reoccupation afterwards. DuraFuse Frames are the most resilient and economical prequalified steel moment frame system.
Earthquake damage is confined to a replaceable fuse without beam or column damage, minimizing post-event repair cost and duration. Full-scale laboratory and shake-table tests demonstrate performance exceeding the standards. Our engineers collaborate with your design team to develop resilient design options for new construction or retrofit projects. For wind-controlled designs, our team can support you in designing the most economical frame considering steel tonnage, fabrication and erection.
801-727-4060
King Steel Fasteners
King Steel Fasteners is a family-owned U.S. manufacturer of hog rings and hog ring tools used for gabions, wattles, wire-backed silt fence, rock-fall mesh and other types of erosion control applications. Our helpful and knowledgeable staff can provide you with the right ring for your fastening needs.
Mark Filberth
810-721-0300 ext. 32
New Millennium
Together, let’s build it better
New Millennium is a nationwide supplier of custom engineered and manufactured structural steel joist and deck building systems.
• Standard steel joists
• Special-profile steel joists
• Joist girders
• Standard steel deck,
including 32”
• Architectural steel deck
• Long-span composite floor systems
Early Design Assist
We’re called upon early in the design-build process to assist in optimal system specification from our extensive portfolio of building system options.
Multi-Story Systems
For multi-story projects, we offer the broadest range of long-span, “thin-slab” composite floor systems, including dovetail composite, deep-deck composite and composite joists.
Unique Roofline
We’re the leading provider of special-profile steel joists for unique rooflines, and we produce architectural steel deck for highly aesthetic, exposed ceiling applications.
Visit our project gallery at https://www.newmill.com/resources/project-gallery.html.
Joseph Voigt
260-969-3582
Nucor Vulcraft/Verco Group
Nucor Vulcraft/Verco is North America’s leading manufacturer of steel joists, decking and steel-bar grating, providing innovative and sustainable roof and floor structural solutions to the construction industry.
Our core values prioritize high-quality products and customer service with a firm commitment to reducing our carbon footprint. As part of Nucor Corporation, we use steel—produced with an average of 77.3% recycled content—from our mills to produce our value-added products. But our expertise and eagerness to help you achieve your project goals is what really differentiates us from our competitors.
To learn more about Nucor Vulcraft/Verco and the solutions we provide, please visit Vulcraft.com or vercodeck.com.
Dave Bjork
330-682-6274
American Galvanizers Association
The American Galvanizers Association (AGA) is a not-for-profit trade association dedicated to serving the needs of specifiers, architects, engineers, contractors, fabricators and after-fabrication hot-dip galvanizers throughout North America. Since 1933, the AGA has provided information on the most-innovative applications and state-of-the-art technological developments in hot-dip galvanizing for corrosion control.
The AGA provides a number of free tools for specifiers, including PDF publications, Galvanize It! continuing education series (CEUs—LU (HSW)/PDH), a monthly email newsletter for specifiers, and an online protective coatings Life-Cycle Cost Calculator (LCCC). Additionally, the AGA routinely publishes technical FAQs (Dr. Galvs) and KnowledgeBase articles addressing common specifier concerns as well as a variety of case studies in the AGA Project Gallery. All of these tools and more can be found on the AGA’s website.
John Krzywicki
720-554-0900
American Institute of Steel Construction
Structural steel designers have a valuable resource for the design of end-plate moment connections in AISC Steel Design Guide 39, End-Plate Moment Connections, which is available at aisc.org/dg.
The guide, written by Virginia Tech’s Matthew Eatherton, S.E., PhD, and Thomas Murray, P.E., PhD, reviews how to use yield-line analysis to determine end-plate strength, details design procedures for determining required bolt strength, and provides 15 end-plate moment connection configurations.
The design guide also includes 30 design examples for gravity, wind and low-seismic-ductility design; three examples for high-seismic-ductility design; and a comprehensive literature review.
Design Guide 39 is available for download at aisc.org/dg. Like all digital design guides, it is free for AISC members; printed versions also are available for purchase.
AISC Steel Solutions Center
866-ASK-AISC
ArcelorMittal
ArcelorMittal is the leading supplier of quality steel products in all major steel markets, including construction. Signature products such as our low embodied carbon XCarb steel and high-strength A913 steel have been integrated into numerous iconic structures, including One World Trade Center, 150 North Riverside, SoFi Stadium and Union Station Tower. Through our world-class R&D team and outstanding distribution network, we offer innovative, competitive and sustainable solutions that have led to several industry firsts, including the strongest (80-ksi yield strength) and largest (W36x925 and W14x1000) rolled-steel shapes available in the world.
Joseph Dardis
[email protected]
312-874-1748
sections.arcelormittal.com
ASC Steel Deck
ASC Steel Deck is a west-coast manufacturer of structural steel roof and floor deck products. ASC Steel Deck is committed to providing exceptional products, resources, services and technical expertise on every project while leading the way in innovation.
During the last two years, ASC Steel Deck has focused on developing new tools and resources for engineers and architects to improve the ease that steel deck integrates into modern structural design. These resources include product specifications, UL documents, FM documents, sustainability documents, CAD drawings and more. ASC Steel Deck products can now be found on software packages such as Tekla Structures, Revit, Risa Floor, Hilti Profis, IES Visual Analysis and ARCAT.
ASC Steel Deck also offers proprietary products including Smooth Series architecturally exposed riveted cellular deck, DeltaGrip DG4 sidelap connection system and Prime Shield factory-applied primer on steel deck. Visit our website for more information.
Mahsa Mahdavian
Atlas Tube
Atlas Tube, a Zekelman company, is North America’s leading manufacturer of steel hollow structural sections (HSS) and straight-seam ERW pipe piling. With seven strategically located manufacturing locations, Atlas mills produce the broadest size range available, from Jumbo HSS 22” squares with 1” wall thickness to 0.5” square with 0.065” wall thickness. Atlas manufactures to ASTM A500, ASTM A252, CSA G40.21 and ASTM A1085 specifications.
Atlas products are stocked and available nationwide through service center partners. Additionally, Atlas can manufacture HSS and piling to specific lengths and long lengths based on your project needs. With a newly expanded engineering support team, Atlas structural engineers are available to answer product questions and support your project.
Contact Atlas Tube to learn more.
800-733-5683
Autodesk
Autodesk InfraWorks is a civil infrastructure conceptual design software used to model, analyze and visualize design concepts within a real-world context of the built and natural environment. Work with a context model to design for minimal environmental impact and improve design decisions. Explore conceptual design options through compelling in-context visual representations to increase stakeholder buy-in and meet client requirements. Learn more at Autodesk.com/Infraworks.
844-595-8402
Bentley Systems – Structural Engineering
Bentley Systems offers the software brands STAAD, RAM, ADINA, and SPIDA for structural engineering. Engineers can efficiently model, analyze and design any structure, from a single foundation to an entire stadium, using Bentley’s structural engineering software applications. It’s easy to evaluate multiple design alternatives quickly and early in the design process to arrive at a high-quality and economical design using various materials. Share structural engineering data and interoperate across modeling, analysis, design, drafting and detailing software applications with ease. Plus, it’s easier than ever to produce drawings and reports!
To learn more about Bentley, please visit their website at www.bentley.com/structural.
800-BENTLEY
Bluebeam
Trusted by more than 2.5 million individuals in more than 165 countries, Bluebeam’s smart, intuitive solutions advance the way building professionals work, manage and collaborate on projects digitally. Founded in 2002 in Pasadena, Calif., Bluebeam is part of the Nemetschek Group and has grown to include three additional U.S. locations and five global offices. Bluebeam Revu and Bluebeam Cloud work together to address the collaboration needs of the construction industry in the office and the field. Download a free 30-day trial on our website.
866-496-2140
Canam
Canam is one of the largest fabricators of steel components in North America. Since 1961, we have specialized in designing construction solutions as well as fabricating steel joists and decks in a variety of shapes, sizes and geometries. In addition to standard joists, Canam designs and manufactures joists with more complex forms to fit bold architectural needs or simply to cover large spans.
Product quality, jobsite management and timelines are critical factors in the execution of projects. Canam’s reliability makes life easier for customers.
For more than 60 years, with employees from around the world, Canam has proudly participated in the construction of more than 300,000 buildings in North America and elsewhere.
866-466-8769
Canam Steel Corporation
Canam Steel Corporation (CSC) is a U.S.-based, service-oriented manufacturing company that manufactures open web steel joists and a variety of steel deck products. They work on a wide variety of construction projects from distribution warehouses, schools and high-rise buildings to stadiums, office buildings, retail buildings and renovations. Regardless of industry or project size, their specialized engineers find solutions. They currently have six manufacturing facilities across the country and serve customers in all 50 states.
Patsy Champagne
833-888-0543
Carl Stahl DecorCable
Carl Stahl DecorCable offers a comprehensive range of high-quality 316 stainless-steel cable mesh and architectural rope systems for residential, commercial and industrial applications. Many of our products conform to domestic content and U.S. melt “Made in USA” requirements and are manufactured at our facility in Woodridge, Ill. We provide a wide range of products that seamlessly blend aesthetics with functionality while also ensuring that all safety and technical specifications are met.
Our specialized design services include tensile engineering, statics and 3-D modeling. As industry leaders, we provide specialized solutions for bridges, horizontal and vertical fall protection, animal enclosures, rooftop enclosures, helipad safety netting, parking and stairway enclosures, cable and mesh railings, customized stainless steel wire mesh rolls, trellis systems, and greenery facades.
Paul Makovski
312-474-1100
ClarkDietrich
ClarkDietrich offers a comprehensive lineup of products and services for cold-formed steel framing and drywall/plastering finishing systems. We manufacture innovative products for interior and exterior framing, interior and exterior finishing, and floor and roof framing as well as clips, connectors, metal lath, welded wire, barrier mesh and accessories.
As demands for higher performance in all aspects of today’s buildings rise, we partner with teams of architects, engineers, building developers and owners, contractors and more on projects of all sizes, scope and complexity.
Formed in 2011 through the combination of two established market leaders, ClarkWestern Building Systems and Dietrich Metal Framing, ClarkDietrich is in an unprecedented position to help you bring change to the built environment.
513-870-1100
Commercial Metals Company (CMC) and its subsidiaries manufacture, recycle and fabricate steel and metal products as well as provide related materials and services through a network of facilities that includes seven electric arc furnace (EAF) mini mills, two EAF micro mills, one rerolling mill, steel fabrication and processing plants, construction-related product warehouses, and metal recycling facilities in the United States and Poland.
While CMC products are renowned far and wide, CMC was the first steel manufacturer to introduce vertical integration in the United States, then adapted the concept for Europe. By combining the recycling and processing of scrap metals with the blending of processed scrap into new steel and the fabrication of finished steel products, CMC revolutionized the way the steel industry operates. This innovative approach is what still enables CMC to remain a low-cost, high-quality producer that delivers exceptional value for our customers, suppliers and investors alike—all around the world.
Michael Stroia
Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute
Celebrating its 100-year anniversary, the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI) is a technical institute and an ANSI-accredited Standards Developing Organization (SDO) that stands as the authoritative resource for information related to steel-reinforced concrete construction. Among the nation’s oldest trade associations, CRSI authors many industry-trusted technical publications, standards documents, design aids, reference materials and educational opportunities to advance and standardize the reinforced concrete construction industry.
CRSI’s members represent more than 80% of the U.S. manufacturers, fabricators and placers of steel-reinforcing bar and related materials. Our professional members (architects, engineers, contractors) are involved in the research, design and construction of steel-reinforced concrete.
CRSI also has a broad region manager network that supports members and industry professionals as well as creates awareness among the design/construction community through outreach activities.
Dave Mounce
630-380-5820
Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association
The Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association (DIPRA) serves as a resource and technical advisor to the water industry. DIPRA also provides representation on standards-making committees as well as technical research on a variety of applications-based topics. While DIPRA member companies have different names and locations, they share a common commitment to produce and deliver the finest-quality water and wastewater pipe material in the world, Ductile iron pipe, and at the greatest possible value to its purchasers.
Gregg Horn
205-790-8702
Dlubal offers powerful programs for structural and dynamic analysis for multiple materials, including steel, concrete, timber, cross-laminated timber (CLT), aluminum, glass and fabric/form-finding per American, Canadian and other International Standards.
RFEM is a nonlinear FEA program for analyzing member, plate, wall, shell and solid elements. It’s one of the most highly sophisticated yet user-friendly programs, especially suitable for new users with its intuitive modeling workflow.
Due to a wide range of interfaces, RFEM also provides seamless integration between CAD and structural analysis programs in Building Information Modeling (BIM). Bidirectional data exchange between RFEM and programs such as Tekla Structures, Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD are possible.
See why more than 5,000 engineering offices, construction companies and universities across the world trust in Dlubal Software.
Amy Heilig, P.E.
267-702-2815
ENERCALC
ENERCALC SEL (STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING LIBRARY)
ENERCALC SEL makes it easy to analyze and design steel beams, columns, foundations, walls, 3D FEM, 2D frames and more. Easy calculation setup and confirmation. Member optimization improves efficiency and saves time using FEM-powered calculations.
ENERCALC offers instant “what if?” recalculation, producing clear, concise report output. Install our software on your computer or use in the cloud. Our budget-friendly subscriptions include updates/support.
During our 42nd year, more than 40,000 engineers saved time and were more productive and able to respond quickly to last-minute changes via their use of ENERCALC.
The more time we help you save, the more likely you can get home on time for dinner. We’re focused on making your work easier and faster, so you can spend more time with those most important to you.
Jennifer Eldridge
800-424-2252
Enidine
For more than 25 years, Enidine has been supplying highly engineered energy-absorption components for protecting high-value infrastructure assets.
Our viscous dampers are hydraulic devices that dissipate the kinetic energy of seismic events and cushion the impact among structures. They’re versatile and can be designed to allow free movement as well as controlled damping of a structure to protect it from wind load, thermal motion or seismic events. Available in ratings up to 1,000 KIP, seismic dampers are well suited for large displacement and/or large load applications such as bridges, buildings and large structures, offering the ultimate in protection.
Contact us today to learn more about our full line of infrastructure protection products.
[email protected]
248-860-4000
www.enidine.com/Infrastructure
IES
Easy Structural Software
Do you need fast, accurate design of steel structures? Try the IES Building Suite to analyze and design framing, connections and foundations. Engineers are successful using tools they enjoy. With IES, you will get results to boost your practice to the next level. Try them free! Get details at iesweb.com today.
Terry Kubat
800-707-0816
Infra-Metals Co.
Infra-Metals is one of the largest structural-steel service providers in the United States. We tailor our centers to meet the needs of the regions they supply as well as maintain a steadfast commitment to providing high-quality materials and service promptly and economically.
Our extensive inventory features products ranging from beams and tubes to sheets, channels and expanded metal, and our processing capabilities include everything from cutting and drilling to blasting and painting. Infra-Metals is a one-stop shop for all your structural carbon steel needs.
As a member of the Reliance Inc. family, Infra-Metals serves as a consolidated source for materials and processing, streamlining our clients’ procurement procedures.
800-899-3432
LeJeune Bolt Company is the inventor and exclusive supplier of the Torque and Angle (TNA) Fastening System, a revolutionary system that combines a new grade of structural bolt (144ksi) with an installation tool that uses torque and angle to achieve consistently, reliable tension. The TNA bolts meet the requirements of ASTM F3148 and can be specified for use on current or upcoming projects.
Along with the TNA Fastening System, LeJeune Bolt is a full-service supplier of structural products and tools to the steel construction industry throughout the world.
Jon Caven
952-843-5445
Lindapter
Lindapter developed the world’s first ICC-approved Girder Clamp for structural connections and seismic steel designs. This is the only clamping system for structural steel that’s compliant with the International Building Code (IBC) and removes the need to drill or weld steel in the field. Lindapter specializes in faster alternatives to conventional connections for unparalleled flexibility and time savings during installation, but also eliminates hot permits and associated costs. Whether permanent or temporary, Lindapter has a solution for the most-difficult steel connections. For example, Lindapter Hollo-Bolts are one-side installation “blind fasteners” for use with HSS members or any other application where you can’t easily see/reach the other side of the bolt to apply a nut.
Patrick Harris
866-566-BOLT (2658)
MiTek (formerly SidePlate Systems)
SidePlate Connection Designs put steel where a building needs it to reduce the overall tonnage, minimize required connections and accelerate erection times. Our team gets involved early and stays involved through the engineering, detailing, fabrication and erection phases to ensure a simple and successful project. SidePlate Connection Designs and engineering services are now part of the MiTek portfolio of solutions.
MiTek is a platform innovator and enabler that exists to transform the building industry with better building solutions. Our software, services, engineered products and automation enable our customers and partners to transform the way they design, make and build.
949-238-8900
Master of Science in Executive Management for Design and Construction
Through a curriculum centered on the strategic competencies and insights needed to direct an organization, graduates of this hybrid program leave prepared to be business leaders in the built environment sector. This includes ascending the ranks at architecture, engineering and construction companies as well as securing executive roles in the military, public works and nonprofit organizations. Courses are taught by highly respected practicing professionals who bring real-world experience and case studies into the classroom. Ample networking opportunities round out instruction and enable deep and thoughtful discussions of the built environment’s challenges and rewards.
Download a program guide at bit.ly/3Izcgn0.
312-450-9525
Nucor Skyline
Nucor Skyline offers the broadest range of steel foundation and geostructural products in the industry with nationwide manufacturing, fabrication, coating and engineering expertise. We’re part of the Nucor family, North America’s most-diversified steel and steel products company. In addition, we’re proud to offer the largest rental fleet of sheet piles in North America.
Nucor Skyline’s flagship products include an unparalleled assortment of h-piles, steel sheet piles, pipe piles, threaded bars, micropiles, combi-wall systems, wide-flange and other structural sections, solar piles, and piling accessories.
Nucor Skyline’s knowledgeable engineering team works with owners, engineers and contractors to ensure seamless project coordination and completion. Our engineers propose solutions regarding design, material selection, installation and construction sequencing.
888-450-4330
Nucor Tubular Products
Nucor Tubular Products (NTP) is dedicated to defining the future of steel through commercial excellence and continual innovation. As our customers’ needs grow, so do our capabilities and the list of industries we’re proud to serve. Steel is vital to the development and maintenance of America’s infrastructure, and Nucor is the largest, most-diverse supplier of infrastructure steels in the United States. With five HSS-producing mills across the United States, NTP provides one of the widest ranges of sizes and wall thicknesses of HSS in round, square and rectangular shapes. Our HSS is 100% recyclable, EAF melted and manufactured in the United States, and produced to meet the toughest requirements for tight tolerances, straightness and material consistency.
To learn more, please visit www.nucortubular.com.
Procore
Procore is Construction Management Software for the Trades
Connect field and office teams and give them real-time access to the info they need to do their best work. With Procore you can:
Manage your workload. Control the outcomes.
Whether you’re trying to ditch paper and spreadsheets that cause rework or need to manage your crews more efficiently—we’re ready to work for you.
Maximize productivity.
Complete project visibility to forecast, schedule, track and manage labor demands across your entire organization.
Improve performance.
Standardize operations to meet specifications, quality requirements and safety protocols efficiently.
Protect your profitability.
Grow your profits and eliminate margin loss, rework and missed change orders.
Learn how Procore can help you.
866-477-6267
QuickFrames
QuickFrames is an award-winning manufacturer of rooftop-equipment structural support frames. Designed for new construction and tenant-improvement projects, our bolt-in support frames are telescoping and adjustable in the field, reducing rework for our customers when coordination problems occur. Installation generally takes 15-minutes, doesn’t require welding and happens from under the deck so cutting the decking happens when you’re ready. Our drop-in frames are pre-assembled to job specifications and delivered ready to install. QuickFrames has a reputation for reliably freeing up time to keep projects moving. Trusted across the United States and Canada, QuickFrames offers high-quality engineering at an affordable price.
QuickFrames offers engineering services, award-winning customer service and fast production and delivery throughout the United States and Canada. The company is a four-time member on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies. To learn more, download pricing and request a quote, visit www.quickframes.com.
480-656-1575
Reveal
Reveal is a world leader in subsurface utility engineering (SUE) technology solutions. Reveal helps major infrastructure projects and asset owners proactively map and model the underground utilities on their sites, avoiding dangerous utility strikes and costly rework and redesign.
Reveal’s Undermaps platform brings together all sources of data on the underground, including historical utility plans, geophysical investigations, reality-capture scans, and photo and video evidence to create a Unified Utility Model—the most accurate and comprehensive 3D model of underground utilities in a project area.
Undermaps is available for use worldwide by engineers, contractors and asset managers. Visit www.reveal.nz to reach out and find out more.
Luke Herlihy
RISA
RISA’s suite of products offers a variety of solutions for structural steel design. RISAFloor provides complete building design, including composite steel beams, steel joists, camber and deflection optimization, and much more. RISA-3D is a general-purpose design software that can be used for building and non-building structures. RISA-3D’s steel design not only includes static and dynamic analysis and design per the latest codes, but also allows you to check moment frames and braced frames for the special seismic-specific provisions of the AISC Seismic Design Manual. RISAConnection offers steel connection design for a wide variety of shear, moment, brace, splice and base-plate connections. Connection design can be done to U.S. or Canadian codes, and the special seismic provisions of AISC 341/358 also can be considered.
949-951-5815
SDS2 by ALLPLAN
SDS2 is a leading provider of steel design software. A product of ALLPLAN, we support steel projects in the BIM cycle from design to construction and empower our users to deliver at the highest levels of quality and efficiency.
SDS2 is the ultimate steel-detailing software, providing the market’s only solution with all-in-one structural and connection design.
Doug Evans
402-450-8897
Simpson Strong-Tie
Structural Steel Design and Detailing Software
With more than 65 years of leadership in structural engineering, Simpson Strong-Tie offers proven solutions for structural steel. Our dedication to service, technical expertise and long-standing customer relationships have enabled us to foster a deep understanding of the challenges and needs faced by this industry segment. We’ve used this knowledge to develop a full suite of solutions for structural steel construction. Our innovative products and technology help everyone—from fabricators and erectors to building owners, engineers and contractors—maximize efficiency and resiliency at every stage of the building process.
High-performance products such as our Yield-Link moment and brace connections and Edge-Tie system for cladding connections are tested, available and backed by our unmatched technical and onsite support. And our advanced software helps streamline design and detailing.
With Simpson Strong-Tie as your partner in structural steel, you’ll work smarter and build stronger.
Tim Ellis
925-560-9177
Steel Deck Institute
Steel Deck Institute (SDI) provides uniform industry standards for the engineering, design, manufacturing, and field usage of steel floor and steel roof decks. Members of the SDI are manufacturers of steel roof and floor deck. The products they manufacture are primarily used to support overlying roofing materials or serve as a permanent form and/or positive reinforcement for concrete floor slabs.
There are many advantages to using steel deck in roof and floor construction, including physical properties such as structural strength, all-weather constructability and fire resistance. Uniform quality, proven durability and economic value are other attributes of steel roof and floor deck. More recently, building designers recognized the advantages of steel deck for its appearance, acoustical properties and sustainability. The mission of the SDI is to promote these advantages and provide guidance in the proper usage of steel roof and floor deck.
In September 2023, the SDI launched a new website to promote available resources. Our goal was to create a comprehensive space for visitors to easily find SDI resources they need, including Codes and Standards, Steel Deck Research, Construction Manuals, Design Manuals, Technical Notes, News and Blogs, Webinars, and more. Visit our new website and discover more.
Ken Charles
Steel Joist Institute
The Steel Joist Institute (SJI), a nonprofit organization of active joist manufacturers, was founded in 1928 to address the lack of uniform joist standards within the industry. Today, SJI continues to maintain the standards for steel joist construction as an ANSI-approved Standards Developing Organization. In addition, SJI provides resources, including publications, live and recorded webinars, and design tools to assist structural engineers or other AEC professionals with utilization of steel joists and joist girders. The Roof and Floor Bay Analysis Tools provide efficient and economical joist and joist girder options—including cost data—for most projects. Additionally, they include a vibration check (floor) and a ponding analysis (roof). We also offer tools such as the Joist and Joist Girder Reinforcement Tool, and we assist in identifying existing joists in buildings undergoing retrofit. SJI products are included in RISA, RAM, SCIA, Dlubal and SkyCiv software packages.
Download our free design tools at steeljoist.org/SJI-tools.
Ken Charles
[email protected]
843-407-4091
steeljoist.org
Steel Tube Institute
The Steel Tube Institute (STI) is the leading technical resource in North America for steel tube products. They provide technical and design information for the steel industry, including HSS Design Manuals, connection design tools, live and recorded webinars, technical articles, and other valuable resources for industry professionals.
Many of these resources are free, and others are accessible via Professional Membership. The HSS Capability Tool identifies which shapes are available in the market, and who they are produced by. Connection design aids include Limit State Tables, spreadsheet design tools and HSS Connex, which is software that helps check HSS wall thicknesses based on the limit states.
For those looking to join our community, STI Individual or Group Professional Membership is available, providing access to live webinars, discounts on manuals, exclusive access to spreadsheet tools and more.
To learn more about membership opportunities, go to https://steeltubeinstitute.org/product/hss-professional-membership/. To explore our robust library of resources, go to https://steeltubeinstitute.org/hollow-structural-sections/hss-resources/.
Holly Schaubert, P.E.
847-461-1701
steeltubeinstitute.org/hollow-structural-sections/hss-resources
Taylor Devices
Resiliency—don’t settle for less than the safety and security of Taylor Devices Fluid Viscous Dampers for your building and bridge structures.
From the historic Los Angeles City Hall to Mexico City’s Torre Mayor to Japan’s Shin-Yokohama High-Speed Train Station, more than 770 major structures around the world rely on Taylor Devices’ Dampers.
With proven performance originally developed and widely used by the U.S. military and NASA, Taylor Fluid Viscous Dampers are the cost-effective, reliable and value-engineered way to provide maximum protection from earthquakes, windstorms or excessive motion events on virtually any structure. For more information, visit our web site at www.taylordevices.com.
716-694-0800
Trimble
Tekla software from Trimble provides a complete construction solution for any steel structure. From industrial and commercial buildings to large sports stadiums, Tekla 3D BIM models are the most-productive way to manage your structural analysis and design, high-quality construction documentation, steel detailing, fabrication, and erection. Built with reliable and constructible information, the Tekla software environment facilitates an accurate flow of information to avoid detailing mistakes, reduce human errors in drawings and optimize the fabrication process with integrated CNC information.
Jodi Hendrixson
678-737-7379
TurnaSure LLC
TurnaSure’s ViewTite self-indicating Direct Tension Indicator (DTI) is accepted and specified as the preferred self-indicator on a growing number of major structural steel projects. Its innovative and unique design is a winner for the 2022 America Fastener Innovation Award. Inspection is quick, easy and reliable. “Green Means Go.” ViewTite is a part of the world’s most-comprehensive product line of DTIs, which provide a cost-effective solution to tensioning high-strength bolts, studs and anchors. All TurnaSure DTIs are proudly manufactured in the United States to ASTM and EU Standards.
215-750-1300
Z Modular
To get your building on the ground, it seems like you have to choose between speed, quality and cost. But with Z Modular, you get all three. With up to 80% of total project labor done inside factories across North America, we control every step of the process so you can meet more-ambitious business goals—whether you need one building per year or one per month. Align to Build Better with Z Modular.
Chris Waters
484-354-8135
