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AISC’s $15,000 Conceptual Design Competition Returns–with Expanded Eligibility

August 10, 2023 - in Awards, News

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…

EV Charging Infrastructure Concept Wins 2023 Forge Prize

April 3, 2023 - in Awards, News

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…

Code Update: The 2022 AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings

March 24, 2023 - in Articles, Column

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

February 27, 2023 - in Awards, News, People

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…

AISI Standards Council Establishes New Group to Address Energy Standards for Building Envelopes

February 17, 2023 - in Buildings

WASHINGTON, DC – The Standards Council of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has formed a new group that will be primarily responsible for the ongoing development of AISI S250, North American Standard for Thermal Transmittance of Building Envelopes…

10 Stunning Projects Win Structural Steel Industry Design Awards

February 2, 2023 - in Awards, News

CHICAGO - The jury has spoken, and 10 projects across the country have won 2023 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Awards! These awards, presented annually by the American Institute of Steel Construction,…

AISC Releases Buy Clean Guidance to Help Legislators Maximize Structural Steel’s Unmatched Sustainability

November 10, 2022 - in Buildings, News, Structural components

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…

Christopher Raebel Named AISC VP of Engineering and Research

August 1, 2022 - in News, People

CHICAGO - The American Institute of Steel Construction is proud to welcome Christopher H. Raebel, SE, PE, PhD, as its new vice president of engineering and research. He succeeds Larry Kruth, PE, who is retiring later this year. Raebel will oversee all AISC…

New Hampshire’s Buy America Law Keeps Taxpayer Money, Jobs in the U.S.

June 28, 2022 - in News

CHICAGO - New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu today signed Buy American legislation into law during a visit to AISC-member Capone Iron Corporation North Woods, Inc.’s fabrication facility in Berlin, N.H. The new regulations require the use of American contractors…