Steel Educators' Tip Sheet

November-December 2011

Encourage your students to attend this event designed just for them!

AISC will once again conduct a special student program at the upcoming NASCC. Students are invited to attend this event on Thursday, April 19, 2012 from 10AM - 2:30PM. The schedule includes a morning session filled with career tips for entry-level job seekers from top industry professionals, as well as a unique opportunity to interact one-on-one with industry experts at our afternoon "Direct Connect" session. The students will also receive lunch and a tour of the exhibit hall. Bonus: Students who attend the entire Student Session will receive a complimentary ticket to the Thursday night conference dinner and up to $100 in expense reimbursement. We hope you'll encourage your students to attend!

All items are available for FREE download.

Steel Construction Manual Design Examples, V14.0
Find examples which illustrate the use of the 2010 AISC Specification (LRFD and ASD).

Comparison to 2005 AISC Specification
See the list of changes that were made for the 2010 AISC Specification.

Steel Construction Manual References
Looking for a reference cited in the 14th edition manual? Find the link to your document on this webpage.

2010 Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings (ANSI/AISC 341-10)
Download the latest AISC Seismic Provisions.

These free downloads can be found by visiting www.aisc.org/epubs, and clicking on the appropriate link.

Don't forget about AISC's Boxed Lunch Seminars!

A number of Boxed Lunch seminars are available for free, online viewing. Seminars are 1 to 1-1/2 hour long, good for a structural steel course to go with your lunch. Consider using portions or all of a Boxed Lunch seminar in a supplemental class assignment. Seminars include discussions by industry experts on "Performance and Behavior of Gusset Plate Connections," "Design of Frames Using Web-Tapered Members," "Structural Integrity of Buildings," "Designing Diaphragms for Ductile Systems," "Design Tips for Steel in Low or Moderate Seismic Regions," and many other topics.

The SteelWise feature in Modern Steel Construction provides practical knowledge on a number of topics, ranging from stability analysis, to how choice of corrosion protection affects connection design, to practical considerations for expansion joints in buildings.

The January 2009 article, "Are You Properly Specifying Materials?" will help you to navigate the preferred and other applicable material specifications for various structural shapes and fasteners. The article also provides 10 important tips to help you with specifying materials economically and avoiding common mistakes. An August 2011 follow-up, "Material Substitutions," provides guidance for evaluating special cases and making decisions on alternative material specifications.