The American Institute of Steel Construction and AIA Contract Documents have released the second part of a document intended to provide guidance for three common collaboration strategies. The document ...

For the first time in the U.S., design professionals now have an authoritative resource on structural stainless steel with AISC Steel Design Guide No. 27, Structural Stainless Steel. This publication ...

The Need for Speed program represents a major departure for AISC, which has largely been focused on boosting structural steel’s market share by lowering the cost of steel. “This is different,” says ...

The bottom flanges of two tapered plate girders at San Francisco's Salesforce Transit Center fractured several weeks after the bus depot opened to the public in 2018. The American Institute of Steel ...

In a changing world, it is critical to consider both sustainability and resilience when selecting structural materials. Stainless steel’s inherent corrosion resistance, high recycled content, ability ...

This course will discuss the selection of member sizes for flexural, compression, and tensile member, design of bolted and weld connections for shear and axial forces; use of AISC Steel Construction ...

The 21st Annual Steel Design Student Competition challenges undergraduate and graduate students, working individually or in teams, to explore a variety of design issues related to the use of steel in ...

Bo Dowswell started in the steel industry in 1985 as a detailer. Since then, he earned B.S., M.S.and Ph.D. degrees from Auburn University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. As a professional ...