1. Code & Standards Watch
Updates & New Releases:
ASCE 72-23 Published: Standard Practice for Sustainable Infrastructure, intended to help stakeholders meet project needs while balancing life cycle sustainability.
Working Sessions, Public Comment, & Balloting:
ICC 600 - Standard for Residential Construction in High-Wind Regions: Draft available for public comment through June 1
Latest Errata:
Striking ψ.a from equation 17.5.1 (regarding individual and groups of anchors)
2. Research Snapshot
Recent Research Advances in High-Performance Steel Tubular Members: Material Properties, Stub Columns, and Beams
An excellent summary of the current state of research on high-strength steels (both carbon and stainless) as used in tubular structural members. Covering everything from how constitutive models of these higher-strength steels differ from our everyday steels to where the prevalent AISC and Eurocode equations diverge from the data, this paper is a great read or reference for all structural engineers, even those not practicing in steel at the moment.
Nothing in materials is free, and high-strength steels are no exception: these higher strengths come with several costs, both monetary and performance-wise. Beyond the obvious expense, higher strengths in steels are often obtained by trading away some amount of ductility, corrosion resistance, and weldability. Advances in metallurgy are working to minimize those impacts, but they’re still worthy of our attention, especially when building codes are formulated based on assumptions about those properties that may not extend to higher-strength steels. This last is why ACI has actually capped the rebar strength allowed for use with their regular equations.
Key Takeaways: Higher-strength steels are becoming more available and more cost-effective, but the field still has work to do to confirm existing design equations can be safely applied to materials with lower ductility and weldability than legacy metals. Treat all assumptions carefully when using existing codes!
3. Tools & Workflow
Aimed at solving issues with installation & setup over 12.0
4. Case Study of the Week
A large H-shaped steel strut (used for bracing an open pit excavation) suffered a collapse during construction activities in Hangzhou, China, thankfully causing no injuries or further progressive collapse. The cause of the collapse was identified as an improperly sealed borehole from earlier soil tests adjacent to the footings of a column that supported the failed strut. This leaking borehole created a pathway for groundwater flow to carry soil along, undermining the column and allowing it to settle over three feet!
The paper goes on to detail remedial actions, extra instrumentation, and lessons for future digs to apply.
Key takeaways: Careful monitoring of groundwater in and around large digs is essential: a single unexpected leak path can have catastrophic consequences when foundations can be undermined without warning.
5. Upcoming Free Live PDH
1.0 PDH, Tuesday, June 2 @ Noon Central
Presented by NoonPi
Register early; same-day registrations seem not to go through on this site!
1.0 PDH, Wednesday, June 3 @ Noon Central
Presented by WoodWorks
Speakers: Paul Dineen & Rob LoBuono
1.0 PDH, Friday, June 5 @ 11 am Central
Presented by SGH
Speakers: Paul Kassabian & Christian Sjoberg
6. Sponsored Spotlight (Future Placement)
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7. Quick Hits
Bentley fully integrates ADINA into STAAD/Structural WorkSuite, giving building engineers turnkey access to advanced nonlinear analysis.
AISC releases updated guidance on HSS connection limit states in preparation for the next Specification cycle.
NIST publishes new data on fire‑induced connection rotation capacity, relevant for performance‑based design.
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