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AISC Steel Day Special Supplement
SteelDay 2012: Have You Seen What We Do?
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he structural steel industry’s largest networking and educational event returns on September 28, with various celebrations happening in the New England region. Have you seen what the structural steel industry can do? SteelDay is your opportunity to see how it’s done and learn about the processes through personal experience. September 28 marks the fourth annual SteelDay, when steel fabricators, mills, service centers, galvanizers, HSS producers, bender-rollers, and others across the nation will open their facilities, jobsites, and offices, offering tours and inviting AEC professionals and the public to explore the structural steel supply chain live and in person. Sponsored by the American Institute of Steel Construction, its members and partners, SteelDay is your chance to discover how design becomes project reality. “It’s a great opportunity for designers and others to see first-hand how the structural steel industry is building high-performance
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A worker demonstrates welding techniques for SteelDay attendees at Capone Iron Corporation.
and sustainable projects,” explained Roger E. Ferch, P.E., AISC’s president.
From special events in major cities like Boston, New York and Washington, D.C., to shop tours in small towns, SteelDay allows you to connect with design and construction professionals in your area and see the industry’s latest technologies and steelmaking processes in action. SteelDay also spurs conversations on project collaboration and job prospects, interactions that may not have happened without this unique platform. “It provides great networking between many disciplines and trades of steel construction,” said David A. Morand, P.E., of Gale Associates, Inc., Weymouth, Mass. Discover the Steel Supply Chain in Massachusetts and Vermont. Visit a steel fabricator and learn how structural steel is prepared for a building or bridge using off-site, controlled conditions, which ensure a consistently highquality product while reducing errors and costly fixes at the job site. Join Capone Iron Corporation, AISC member and AISC certified fabricator, at
September, 2012
Moor to Chair NBIMS-US Committee
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hicago - Chris Moor, director of industry initiatives for the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) has been selected Chris Moor as the new chair of the project committee tasked with developing Version 3 (V3) of the National BIM Standard for the United States (NBIMS-US). A project of the National Institute of Building Sciences buildingSMART alliance (bSa), NBIMS-US is a consensus document that serves to stanContinued on page 4
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