CHICAGO - Right now, up-and-coming researchers across the country are discovering tomorrow’s innovations. They keep steel on the cutting edge, and AISC wants to make a remarkable researcher the 2025 Milek Fellow. Since 2004, AISC has given a promising non-tenured…
AISC Launches Fabricator Sustainability Program to Drive Green Projects
CHICAGO - The American Institute of Steel Construction’s new Sustainability Partner Program is a win for specifiers, fabricators, and--of course!--the…
Three Bold Architectural Visions Face Off Live on YouTube– With $10,000 at Stake!
What: The final round of the American Institute of Steel Construction’s Forge Prize, in which the three finalists will present their refined concepts…
Michael Grubb to Receive AISC’s Highest Design Honor
CHICAGO - The American Institute of Steel Construction will present the J. Lloyd Kimbrough Award--which recognizes the pre-eminent steel designers of their era--to bridge industry legend Michael A. Grubb, PE, executive director at M.A. Grubb & Assoc.,…
AISC and AIA Contract Documents Release Part II of Design Assist Guidelines
CHICAGO - Everyone is talking about collaboration these days, but is everyone on your project team defining it the same way? The American Institute of Steel Construction and AIA Contract Documents have just released the second part of a document intended to…
AISC’s $15,000 Conceptual Design Competition Returns–with Expanded Eligibility
CHICAGO - For the last five years, the American Institute of Steel Construction’s Forge Prize has challenged emerging architects to dream up an inspiring vision of the future--and the 2024 competition is now accepting entries from a broader pool of designers…
Updated AISC Specification for Safety-Related Steel Structures for Nuclear Facilities Available for Public Review
CHICAGO - A draft of the next edition of the AISC Specification for Safety-Related Steel Structures for Nuclear Facilities (AISC N690) is now available for public review and comment. The 2024 update of N690 will supersede the 2018 version. The updated…
EV Charging Infrastructure Concept Wins 2023 Forge Prize
CHICAGO - A concept that would use structural steel to reinvent the gas station experience for the EV age has won the American Institute of Steel Construction’s 2023 Forge Prize. LVL (Level) Studio collaborators Jeffrey Lee, Christopher Taurasi, and Lexi…
Code Update: The 2022 AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings
The latest edition of the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) flagship standard, the “2022 Specification for Structural Steel Buildings (ANSI/AISC 360)” (the Specification), has hit the streets (get it at aisc.org/2022spec). The 2022 edition…
130+ AISC Members Receive Safety Awards
CHICAGO – The American Institute of Steel Construction is pleased to honor more than 130 structural steel fabricators and erectors for their outstanding safety records in 2022. "The dedicated people who work in fabrication shops and on jobsites across the…
