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The price of energy including gas is a hot topic these days.  Not only does it cost almost $100 to fill up your SUV, but the price of everything processed, manufactured and/or transported (which is about everything) will cost more because Read more…


Chicago Metal Rolled Products proudly provided 133 tons of curved steel pipe for the 2012 IDEAS2 Merit Award winning project:  Great American Tower at Queen City Square Roof-Top Tiara, Cincinnati, Ohio.  The 13-story Tiara brings the height of the building Read more…


A convergence of events including the increasing acceptance of beam bending by cold cambering, standardized design of steel bridges, and increased availability of domestically produced jumbo beams all contribute to making steel the solution for bridges. AASHTO (American Association of Read more…


Structural steel bending, whether it involves angle bending, bar bending, beam bending, channel bending, tube bending or pipe bending, contributes to sustainability simply because it uses the most recycled material:  steel.  93% of the steel used in construction is recycled; Read more…


The pundits tell us that the numerous television debates in this presidential cycle have been more important than in the past, more important perhaps than the retail politics of giving speeches, shaking hands and kissing babies.  So what are the Read more…


Benders and Rollers, companies specializing in section bending for the construction market, will be supporting the efforts of the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) to promote the use of steel in construction on Steel Day, September 23, 2011. Lectures, Read more…


Most nuclear and other power plants must be engineered to safely shut down in the event of seismic activity or other natural or man-made disruptions. Others, however, must become operational within seconds after such a disruption.  A case in point Read more…


Some years ago, the Steel Quiz of Modern Steel Construction asked “Which of the following camber ordinates for a 30ft W16x26 beam are not recommended? a. ¼ in., b. ½ in., c. 1-1/2 in, d. 2 in, e. 5 in.” Read more…


At the North American Steel Construction Conference held on May 11 to May 14, 2011, we learned from Bill McEleny, Director of the National Steel Bridge Alliance, that the AASHTO construction specification has recently been revised to allow cold cambering Read more…


A growing market for those of us in steel? After the earthquake, tsunami and subsequent damage to the nuclear power plants in Japan, Yucca Mountain is in the news again. Planned as a repository for spent fuel rods from nuclear Read more…

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