AISI Standards Council Seeks Proposals for Small Projects, Fellowships to be Awarded in 2022

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The American Iron and Steel Institute Standards Council is seeking research proposals for its 2022 Small Project/Fellowship Program. Launched in 2014, AISI’s Small Project/Fellowship Program identifies and provides funding for research projects that will significantly impact the reliability, performance and cost-competitiveness of cold-formed steel products. The program provides a streamlined mechanism for AISI’s standards development committees (the Committee on Specifications and the Committee on Framing Standards), industry stakeholders, academics and students to collaborate on relatively short-term, highly focused and mutually beneficial projects. The small project and fellowship requests should be developed and submitted by a project team that includes a … Read more

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Survey Reports Construction Workforce Shortages Reach Pre-Pandemic Levels, Coronavirus Continues to Impact Projects + Supply Chains

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Construction firms are struggling to find enough qualified workers to hire even as they continue to be impacted by pandemic-induced project delays and supply chain disruptions, according to the results of a workforce survey conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America and Autodesk. The survey results underscore how the coronavirus pandemic has created constraints on the demand for work even as it limits the number of workers available to hire. “Market conditions are nowhere near as robust as they were prior to the onset of the pandemic,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “At the same time, the … Read more

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AP Tops Out Potter County District Courts Building

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A topping out ceremony was held to sign the final beam prior to placing it on top of the building Potter County’s District Courts Building, Potter County, Texas, officially marking the midpoint of construction and bringing the replacement facility one step closer to completion. The project team includes AP and HOK Group Inc. The new building will replace the previous location and relieve the county of increasing maintenance expenses. At 158,250 square feet, the five-story building will have security improvements and house courtrooms, a jury assembly, county offices, courtroom in-custody holding and records storage. Judges and other elected officials will … Read more

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American Iron and Steel Institute Publishes New Standard

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The American Iron and Steel Institute has published AISI S250-21, North American Standard for Thermal Transmittance of Building Envelopes With Cold-Formed Steel Framing, 2021 Edition, as a single source for calculating the thermal transmittance of walls and ceiling/roof envelope assembles that contain cold-formed steel framing. The standard is intended for adoption and use in the United States, Canada and Mexico and is available for free download at www.aisistandards.org. AISI S250-21 was developed to eventually supersede the many methods currently found in various energy codes and standards, most of which are limited to calculating wall assemblies at 16 or 24 inches … Read more

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New Helmets to Hardhats Executive to Lead Construction Pathway Program for Military Servicemembers, Veterans

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North America’s Building Trades Unions and its signatory contractor associations who operate the Center for Military Recruitment, Assessment and Veterans Employment have selected Martin Helms as executive director of the Helmets to Hardhats program. Helms joins Helmets to Hardhats from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the National Electrical Contractors Association Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, where he served as training director in Akron, Ohio. As a successful Helmets to Hardhats participant, Helms has a passion for the program’s mission and a personal understanding of the career pathways that H2H provides. With over 10 years of joint labor-management apprenticeship … Read more

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