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7 unusual facts about American Institute of Steel Construction


American Institute of Steel Construction

The U.S. War Industries Board (WIB) was decommissioned at the conclusion of World War I on January 1, 1919.

This group assisted the U.S. War Industries Board in the procurement of fabricated structural steel, and attempted to coordinate the efforts of the steel industry during the World War I effort.

Bayonne Bridge

In 1931, The American Institute of Steel Construction awarded the Bayonne Bridge the “Most Beautiful Steel Bridge” prize.

Building information modeling

An early example of a nationally approved BIM standard is the AISC (American Institute of Steel Construction)-approved CIS/2 standard, a non-proprietary standard with its roots in the UK.

Metal Building Manufacturers Association

It has been reviewed by American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and will be published by them as an interpretation of, and an extension to, the provisions of the 2005 AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings.

Structural steel design is based on the American Institute of Steel Construction’s Specification for Structural Steel Buildings Standard AISC 360-05 and the Seismic Provisions for Steel Buildings Standard AISC 341-05.

Newburgh–Beacon Bridge

The original bridge won the 1965 American Institute of Steel Construction "most beautiful bridge" award for long-span bridges.


Self-framing metal buildings

Engineered structural design must comply with the applicable sections of the latest edition of the "Specification for Structural Steel Buildings" of the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the "Specification for the Design of Cold Formed Steel Structural Members" of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI).

Steel bridge competition

The competition is principally sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Institute of Steel Construction with additional sponsorship by the American Iron and Steel Institute, the National Steel Bridge Alliance, Nucor Corporation, and The James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation.


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