FABRICATORS MAKING TODAY’S SKYLINE POSSIBLE
On behalf of the AISC, let us be the first to welcome you to this year’s North American Steel Construction Conference. As always, this is a once-a-year opportunity for design and construction professionals: • Learn how to apply the latest engineering data on fabrication, detailing, and erection techniques, which directly affect your daily operations - and your bottom line • Discover the latest product offerings from the leading industry vendors. • Network with your peers, customers and future employees.
CIS/2 Interactive! A Data Interchange Laboratory - LIVE!! At NASCC Conference
be invited to participate at the NASCC with commercially marketed CIS/2 translators: Ram International, Design Data, Tekla (Xsteel), CSI (Etabs), Bentley Systems (Structural Tri-Forma), FabTrol, Gt Strudl, and Peddinghaus. Each participant will have a preview from the experienced AISC or IT representative, and then be able to perform a model building task on an available PC at the booth. They can then export the CIS/2 file to each of the above participating vendors sequentially until it is finished. Essentially, the participant can see the building model grow as it begins with TriForma to Xsteel to Ram to FabTrol, and then see a sample of the fabricated section actually processed on a Peddinghaus machine!
The CIS/2 standard - an unfulfilled challenge for the structural steel industry - is nearing completion! A vision of this true structural software standard is now ready for examination. At the NASCC conference, a working model of this software, will be available for live interaction and demonstration.
Enrique (L) and Gustavo (R) Arguello are the owners of Aceros Prefabricados, Guatemala City, a premier structural fabricator in Latin America. In the next issue of the Steel Fabricators’ Review, we’ll take an in-depth look at their success story. The photo depicts the NASCC both laid out in a classroom type setting. This features a computer with a large viewing screen for the demonstrator, as well as 6 individual workstations for participants. Attendees will
"As a father, my dream has always been to pass a successful business to the next generation of my family. With my investment in Peddinghaus equipment, that dream has come true for me."
See more additions to the Peddinghaus' Wall of Fame on pages 6,7,8,11