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Detailing Tips

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Undercutting Steel Detailers = Sabotaging Your Project

I understand the relentless pressure to control costs in steel construction. But there’s one area where cutting corners will inevitably come back to haunt you: detailing. Think of those initial…

Detailing Tips

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Steel Detailing Headaches? Top 5 Culprits of Fabrication Delays and How to Fix Them!

Detailing errors can be a significant contributor to the frustration of project delays. To help keep things running smoothly, let’s dive into the top 5 culprits and some strategies to…

Detailing Tips

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Why Your Project Is Behind The Schedule?

In the steel industry, projects often come with super tight deadlines that feel like mission impossible. But surprisingly, in my experience, more than 90% of

365 Days Of Steel

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Day 365/365 of Steel – Laurent Ney

The list of beautiful projects of Laurent Ney & his office is endless, I have selected some pictures but there is so much more to be discovered in their website

365 Days Of Steel

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Day 364/365 of Steel – Robert Hull

Robert Hull was (1945–2014) was an American architect and co-founder of the architectural firm Miller Hull. Hull’s notable works include the Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center and the Bullitt Center.…

365 Days Of Steel

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Day 363/365 of Steel – The Canopy

Inauguration of La Canopée on April 6, 2016. The renovation project of the Forum des Halles in Paris, designed by the architects Patrick Berger and Jacques Anziutti, is magnified by…

365 Days Of Steel

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Day 362/365 of Steel – Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

On April 5, 1998, the ribbon was cut to open the world’s longest suspension bridge, the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan. It has a world record main span of 1,991

365 Days Of Steel

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Day 361/365 of Steel – Pierre Koenig

Pierre Francis Koenig (October 17, 1925 – April 4, 2004) was an American architect and a Professor of Architecture at the University of Southern California.

365 Days Of Steel

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Day 360/365 of Steel – Fazlur Khan

Fazlur Rahman Khan (3 April 1929 – 27 March 1982) was a Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect, who initiated important structural systems for skyscrapers. Considered the “father of tubular designs”…

365 Days Of Steel

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Day 359/365 of Steel – Livio Vacchini

Livio Vacchini (February 27, 1933 – April 2, 2007) was a Swiss architect. From 1953 to 1958 he studied architecture at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. The works…