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…
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…
AISC Applauds Senators Baldwin, Brown for Supporting Domestic Steel Industry
CHICAGO - Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) are urging the Biden administration to close loopholes in the Section 232 steel tariff…
AISC Seeks Outstanding Researcher–Milek Fellowship Award Grows to $300,000 for 2025
CHICAGO - Right now, up-and-coming researchers across the country are discovering tomorrow’s innovations. They keep steel on the cutting edge, and AISC wants to make a remarkable researcher the 2025 Milek Fellow. Since 2004, AISC has given a promising non-tenured…
AISC Launches Fabricator Sustainability Program to Drive Green Projects
CHICAGO - The American Institute of Steel Construction’s new Sustainability Partner Program is a win for specifiers, fabricators, and--of course!--the environment. “Few people recognize that structural steel fabricators are the key player for a project’s…
Three Bold Architectural Visions Face Off Live on YouTube– With $10,000 at Stake!
What: The final round of the American Institute of Steel Construction’s Forge Prize, in which the three finalists will present their refined concepts to the judges live on AISC’s YouTube channel. The judges will then deliberate and announce the winner…
Michael Grubb to Receive AISC’s Highest Design Honor
CHICAGO - The American Institute of Steel Construction will present the J. Lloyd Kimbrough Award--which recognizes the pre-eminent steel designers of their era--to bridge industry legend Michael A. Grubb, PE, executive director at M.A. Grubb & Assoc.,…
AISC and AIA Contract Documents Release Part II of Design Assist Guidelines
CHICAGO - Everyone is talking about collaboration these days, but is everyone on your project team defining it the same way? The American Institute of Steel Construction and AIA Contract Documents have just released the second part of a document intended to…
AISC’s $15,000 Conceptual Design Competition Returns–with Expanded Eligibility
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 for public review and comment. The 2024 update of N690 will supersede the 2018 version. The updated…
