CHICAGO - Designers looking for a one-stop shop for sustainable design will soon have a fantastic resource--written by true experts. The American Institute of Steel Construction has selected a team led by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill to draft its newest…
A Dozen Designers, Industry Professionals, and Educators You Should Know for 2025
CHICAGO - What drives innovation in today’s structural steel industry? The people who dedicate their time to making a difference. The American Institute…
UT Austin’s Karl H. Frank to Receive Top Educator Honor
CHICAGO - Professor Emeritus Karl H. Frank, PE, PhD, became a legend during his 36 years at the University of Texas at Austin--and his impact continues…
Payette’s Parke MacDowell, AIA, Joins 2025 Forge Prize Jury
CHICAGO - Parke MacDowell, AIA, sits at the intersection of architectural practice and fabrication--right where people who design innovative structures meet the people who know how to put them together in the real world. Also at that intersection? The American…
Architectural Record’s Matthew Marani Joins Forge Prize Jury
CHICAGO - Journalists have a keen eye for innovation--and Architectural Record Special Sections Editor Matthew Marani has a bird’s-eye perspective of architecture trends. Those insights will prove invaluable when he serves as one of three jurors who will…
Emily Baker of University of Arkansas to Judge 2025 Forge Prize
CHICAGO - The American Institute of Steel Construction’s Forge Prize is looking for groundbreaking ideas--and Emily Baker is particularly well qualified to help find them. Baker is an inventor, fabricator, architect, and associate professor of…
Bridge Fabrication Expert Selected for 2025 T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award
CHICAGO - Ronnie Medlock, PE, of High Steel Structures, LLC, has been selected to receive the American Institute of Steel Construction's 2025 T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award for his contributions to the Federal Highway Administration’s Bridge Welding…
Next Edition Prequalified Connections Standard Available for Comment
CHICAGO - A draft of the next edition of the AISC Prequalified Connections for Special and Intermediate Steel Moment Frames for Seismic Applications (AISC 358) is now available for public review and comment. The next edition of AISC 358, currently slated…
AREMA/NSBA Present Constructability, Fabrication Guidelines for Steel Railroad Bridges
CHICAGO - There’s a vital new resource available for anyone who designs steel railroad bridges, thanks to a collaboration between the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association and the National Steel Bridge Alliance. The document,…
Calling Architects, Educators, and Students: AISC’s Conceptual Design Competition Returns–with $25,000 in Prizes
CHICAGO - Do you have a visionary idea that pushes the boundary of what's possible? The Forge Prize from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), challenges architects, educators, and students to create design concepts that embrace innovations…
