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CHICAGO – Students around the country are gearing up for another exciting Student Steel Bridge Competition–and the American Institute of Steel Construction and American Society of Civil Engineers have just announced the challenge that they’ll have to solve by designing, fabricating, and erecting a scale-model steel bridge!
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Kate Stillwell is a structural engineer and entrepreneur working at the intersection of physical and financial resilience. As a structural engineer, Kate has worked with Greg Luth & Associates, Degenkolb Engineers, and Holmes Consulting. In catastrophe modeling, she has worked at EQECAT (now CoreLogic) as the Product Manager of earthquake models worldwide, and she was the founding Executive Director of the Global Earthquake Model Foundation at the ROSE School in Pavia, Italy.
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Aligning resources and expertise allows for product approval and bridges code conformity gaps.
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Pleasanton, Calif. — As fires continue to burn in Lahaina on Maui, Hawaii, destroying more than 2,200 structures and displacing thousands of residents, Simpson Strong-Tie is donating $100,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to help with immediate relief efforts.
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CHICAGO – The AISC Education Foundation is helping 48 students pursue their dreams of attending colleges and universities across the country for the 2023-2024 academic year, awarding more than $211,000 in scholarships.
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CHICAGO – The American Institute of Steel Construction has released several new free resources to complement the hot-off-the-presses 16th edition of its Steel Construction Manual for download at aisc.org/16thedition.
These additional materials include the v16.0 Manual Companion, v16.0 Shapes Database, v16.0H Historic Shapes Database, Basic Design Values Cards, and an Interactive Reference List.
…CHICAGO – The 16th edition of the American Institute of Steel Construction’s Steel Construction Manual is now available at aisc.org/publications.
The Manual is the authoritative reference for professionals who design, fabricate, and build with structural steel.
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Dr. S. K. Ghosh is known internationally for his work in earthquake engineering. He specializes in analyzing and designing reinforced and prestressed concrete structures, including wind- and earthquake-resistant designs. He has influenced seismic design provisions in the United States for many years by serving on or chairing numerous committees and advisory panels. Dr. Ghosh is active on many national technical committees; he is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), ASCE’s Structural Engineering Institute (SEI), the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI), and an Honorary Member of the American Concrete Institute (ACI). He is a member of ACI Committee 318 and an Emeritus member of the ASCE 7 Standard Committee.
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