As science continues to uncover the extent of the climate crisis, there is a push towards sustainability across all forms of industry, especially in energy and construction, with the latter ...

Using 80-ksi steel in upper perimeter columns—a first in the U.S.—helped the design team reduce the steel by almost 20% at 320 S. Canal, a 51-floor office tower under construction in Chicago’s Loop.

ASTM has released a new HSS standard, A1085 - 13 Standard Specification for Cold-Formed Welded Carbon Steel Hollow Structural Sections (HSS), which will result in the production of improved hollow ...

Structural steel is a basic construction material, made from specific grades of steel and manufactured in a variety of industry standard cross-sectional shapes (or ‘sections’). Structural steel grades ...

In Europe, structural steel must comply with the European Standard EN 10025, which is governed by the European Committee for Iron and Steel Standardization (ECISS), a subset of the European Committee ...

Metallic elements have been used in architecture and civil construction for hundreds of years, either as decorative elements, coverings or even to reinforce masonry structures. However, it is only in ...