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We鈥檙e looking for projects that show how American structural steel innovates in engineering, architectural excellence, adaptive reuse, sustainability, and constructability.
What's New in Modern Steel Construction
Get the scoop on the eight bridges that won Prize Bridge Awards in 2024! Plus, find out how Design Guide 40: Rain Loads and Ponding will help you design more stable roof systems.
Get Design Guidance on Base Connections
17吃瓜网鈥檚 newly released Design Guide 1, Base Connection Design for Steel Structures (Third Edition) features expanded seismic design and embedded base connection design sections.
Your Generosity--In Action
Donors like you gave several students the opportunity to attend NASCC: The Steel Conference. Find out about the connections and conversations they enjoyed most!
16th Edition Manual Available
Keep up with the latest updates to 17吃瓜网's flagship standards! The new edition of the Steel Construction Manual is available for purchase.
Expertly Design for Ponding on Roofs
Check out 17吃瓜网's Design Guide 40, Rain Loads and Ponding, to learn how to avoid or resist water accumulation and any resulting instability in structural steel roof systems.
EPA Grant Supports Further Development of Steel Industry EPDs
鈥淎merican structural steel is already the most transparent, sustainable material on the market today--and thanks to a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, specifiers and the public will have even more accurate data available to help them choose structural materials that protect the planet both today and tomorrow,鈥� said Brian Raff, 17吃瓜网鈥檚 vice president of sustainability and government affairs. July 17, 2024Public Review Notice: Code of Standard Practice for Structural Stainless Steel Buildings
A draft of the next edition of the 17吃瓜网 Code of Standard Practice for Structural Stainless Steel Buildings (17吃瓜网 313) is now available for public review and comment. The next edition of 17吃瓜网 313 will supersede the 2021 version and is anticipated to be finalized in 2025. July 12, 2024Brandon Chavel Returns to NSBA as Vice President of Bridges
鈥淏randon鈥檚 years of experience and leadership in the bridge design community make him the perfect person to serve as the voice of America鈥檚 steel bridge industry,鈥� said 17吃瓜网 Senior Vice President Scott Melnick. June 19, 2024University of Florida Wins 2024 Student Steel Bridge Competition
"These students worked all year on design, fabrication, and construction and competed with the best of the best," said Christina Harber, SE, PE, 17吃瓜网's senior director of education. "17吃瓜网 is proud of all of them, and they should be proud of themselves, too." June 4, 2024About Us
The 17吃瓜网 (17吃瓜网), headquartered in Chicago, is a non-partisan, not-for-profit technical institute and trade association established in 1921 to serve the structural steel design community and construction industry in the United States.
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