Modern Steel Construction
August 2026
Published by the American Institute of Steel Construction
Headlines:
Get Attached (By Hannah Valentine):Stay on top of the important factors to consider when attaching building façades to structural steel frames.
Structural Joint Specialist (Interview by Geoff Weisenberger):Jim Swanson’s initial professional interest was far from structural engineering, but his swift pivot in college led to a three-decade career in academia and expertise in bolted joints.
Cost-Carbon Collision (By Michael Gustafson):A two-year research project explored finding a balance between specifying materials for cost efficiency and reducing embodied carbon impacts.
Stay Aligned (By Mike Gase):Mismatching references in construction documents is a common error, but one that can be easily solved.
Finding Space (By Loren Byrne):A steel space-frame truss is the backbone of a pedestrian bridge designed around existing buildings and urban foundation constraints.
Hanging Iron (By Jackson Pitofsky, Cooper Jepson, and Eric Newton):Multiple floors of event space hang from shop-assembled roof trusses to work around active loading docks in a convention center expansion project.
Building National Capacity (By Robert J. Connor, Francisco J. Bonachera Martin, and Brandon Chavel):Purdue University is developing the first U.S. bridge engineering academic program, and classes are already being offered.
Building a Behemoth (By Patrick Engel):An inside look at the operation behind the University of Florida’s Student Steel Bridge Competition team, which has six consecutive first-place finishes at the national finals.
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