Steel

• New data shows low construction prices may soon be coming to an end

  Jeffrey Yoders, December 21, 2009
  New federal data released recently shows sharp increases in the prices of key construction materials like diesel, copper and brass mill shapes likely foreshadow future increases in construction costs, the Associated General Contractors of America said. The new November producer price index (PPI) report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics provide the strongest indication yet that construction prices are heading up, the association noted.  More

• Website Brings Social Networking to Steel Design

  By Jeff Yoders, Senior Associate Editor, December 1, 2009
  While 3D design has revolutionized structural engineering in recent years, engineers still frequently use shortcut spreadsheets and macros. These tools are designed to streamline calculations and perform tasks outside of a design software's limitations, thus enabling engineers to arrive at optimal solutions quickly and easily for a wide variety of design problems, such as initial beam and colum...  More

• 29 Great Solutions

  By Robert Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief; Jay W. Schneider, Senior Editor; Dave Barista, Managing Editor; and Jeff Yoders, Senior Associate Editor, August 1, 2009
  1. Riverwalk Transforms Chicago's Second Waterfront Chicago has long enjoyed a beautiful waterfront along Lake Michigan, but the Windy City's second waterfront along the Chicago River was often ignored and mostly neglected. Thanks to a $22 million rehab by local architect Carol Ross Barney and her associate John Fried, a 1.  More

• ACSA Announces 2008-2009 ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition Winners

  June 28, 2009
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• NUCONSTEEL CORPORATION OFFERS NUPRODUCTS, DIRECT TO CONSUMER

  June 25, 2009
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• Steel Joist Institute announces 2009 Design Awards

  June 9, 2009
  The Steel Joist Institute is now accepting entries for its 2009 Design Awards. The winning entries will be announced in November 2009 and the company with the winning project in each category will be awarded a $2,000 scholarship in its name to a school of its choice for an engineering student.  More

• Construction Specifications Institute elects Dennis J. Hall as President-elect

  April 9, 2009
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• Walter P Moore's Larry Griffis, P.E., presented with J. Lloyd Kimbrough Award, AISC's highest honor for steel design

  April 9, 2009
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