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Cristopher Montalvo Receives Inaugural Reidar Bjorhovde Outstanding Young Professional Award

March 20, 2023 - in Awards, News

CHICAGO - The AISC Education Foundation is pleased to announce that Cristopher Montalvo will receive the first-ever Reidar Bjorhovde Outstanding Young Professional Award. Montalvo is a structural engineer for Dekker Perich Sabatini (DPS)--and he’s already…

FHWA Administrator Shailen Bhatt to Keynote NASCC: The Steel Conference

March 15, 2023 - in Announcement, Events

CHICAGO – The new bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA) is expected to increase infrastructure investment by nearly 40% – and…

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…

AISC Releases Design Guide about Revolutionary SpeedCore System

February 17, 2023 - in Buildings, Structural components

CHICAGO - The American Institute of Steel Construction has added a new design guide to its library, and it’s all about speed! Design Guide 38, SpeedCore Systems for Steel Structures gives designers everything they need to take advantage of the nonproprietary…

AISC Releases New Version of Specification for Structural Steel Buildings (ANSI/AISC 360-22)

February 9, 2023 - in Buildings, Structural components

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…

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,…

NSBA/Modjeski and Masters Release Guide to Uncoated Weathering Steel: the Ultimate Economical, Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Fast Bridge Material

December 2, 2022 - in Buildings, Structural components

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…

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…

Rona G. Rothenberg Joins 2023 Forge Prize Jury

September 7, 2022 - in News, People

CHICAGO - The American Institute of Steel Construction is pleased to announce that Rona G. Rothenberg, FAIA, DBIA, will serve on the 2023 Forge Prize Jury. She is currently serving as the president of AIA California and brings decades of expertise from more…

14 Inspiring Design Concepts Win Steel Design Student Competition

August 24, 2022 - in Awards, News

CHICAGO - Fourteen student projects have won the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Steel Design Student Competition. This year’s competition offered an open category as well as a…