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New month, new issue of Modern Steel Construction! This month, see the long-span roof structure at the University of Texas’ new basketball arena, and find out what inspired the winning designs in the 2023 Steel Design Student Competition. aisc.org/mscnov22

Reidar Bjorhovde had a passion for mentoring. His legacy lives on through the Reidar Bjorhovde Outstanding Young Professional Award. Help the AISC Education Foundation create a permanent award fund, with matching support from Nucor and Pat Bjorhovde! aisc.org/giving

Did you hear? ASCE Headquarters awarded #RainierSquare the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award, recognizing it as the best project for 2022! Rainier Square also won AISC's Presidential Award for Excellence in Structural Design in the 2022 IDEAS² competition. Congrats! 👏

PartILLATION: Visions in Steel, a traveling art exhibition celebrating steel in the built environment, debuted at AIA Houston. Assemble a scene from the opening reception at aisc.org/puzzles, then get inspired by the exhibition at aisc.org/PartILLATION!

Last chance to register for our Night School course on seismic design in steel! Register today at aisc.org/seismicnightsc… to catch up on the first two sessions and to join live as Rafael Sabelli presents on the seismic design of braced frames. 6:00 p.m. tomorrow is the deadline!

Hugh A. Krentz, longtime president of the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (@CISC_ICCA), died on November 7 at the age of 87. Under his leadership, AISC and CISC collaborated on NASCC: The Steel Conference and many other projects. Read more: aisc.org/krentz

Thanks to its immense recyclability, hot-rolled structural steel is an obvious choice for the Buy Clean movement--and AISC's new Buy Clean guidelines help legislators craft policies that harness the unmatched sustainability of American structural steel. aisc.org/buyclean

Structural behavior research pioneer and longtime Task Committee member Ted Galambos is widely recognized as the father of LRFD, and AISC is proud to dedicate the 2022 edition of its Specification for Structural Steel Buildings to him! aisc.org/galambosdedica…

Cal Poly student Ron Patanavin won first place in the 2022 AISC/ACSA Steel Design Student Competition by reimagining a decommissioned oil rig as a Chumash cultural center! Listen to the newest episode of Field Notes to find out more about the design at aisc.org/fieldnotes

Attention all educators, students, and students-at-heart: Enhance your teaching and learning--for free--with AISC's steel teaching aids! Browse our materials for bolting and 3D-printed connections, watch interviews with industry professionals, and more! aisc.org/teachingaids

Emerging architects--you have just two more weeks to submit your design for the first round of judging for the Forge Prize! Three finalists will each win $5,000 and the chance to work with a fabricator for a shot at the $15,000 grand prize. Get started at forgeprize.com

Steel prices, having risen throughout 2021 like other construction materials, have started dropping while concrete prices continue to rise. This is just a snapshot of today’s economy--something AISC tracks to help you better understand the steel industry: aisc.org/economics

AISC members Nucor and Steel Dynamics, Inc. are among 6 international steel manufacturers who have formed the Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC), a nonprofit promoting a global steel standard that leads to a cleaner future. Find out more: aisc.org/GSCC

Ready for some #football this Thanksgiving? This year, there are home games at IDEAS² Award winners AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, and U.S. Bank Stadium, home of the Minnesota Vikings! Preview gameday at U.S. Bank Stadium with our weekly puzzle: aisc.org/puzzles

Happening right now: The three 2023 Forge Prize finalists are presenting their visions to our jury live on YouTube! Tune in to add some inspiration to your day! youtube.com/@aisc

Thanks to Federal Highway Admn Administrator Shailen Bhatt (in the driver’s seat, with AISC's Charlie Carter riding shotgun) for getting NASCC: The Steel Conference off to a great start! Stay tuned for our recap of the Administrator’s keynote this afternoon. #NASCC23 #AISC

ICYMI: Federal Highway Admn Administrator Shailen Bhatt shared a vision of an America empowered by infrastructure investment. “We have never had a better opportunity to make U.S. bridges the envy of the modern world,” he said. Read more in the NASCC Newsroom: aisc.org/bhatt-nascc

Lou Geschwindner shared what he’s learned over half a century in the structural steel design world to give today’s engineers the historical context they need to design steel their way. Read more about the insights he shared in the NASCC Newsroom: aisc.org/geschwindner-n….

How do you solve the skilled labor shortage? BeProBeProudNC hits the road with a high-tech mobile workshop to give students and other potential workers an inside look at a lucrative career they may not have considered. Check out their trailer at #NASCC23! aisc.org/pro-proud-nascc

Congratulations to Univ of Florida's Student Steel Bridge Competition team--the 2023 champions! Youngstown State University came in second, and UBuffalo took third. Congratulations to all 43 teams that made it to nationals this year! Full results: aisc.org/ssbc #SteelBridge2023