Webinars
Earn professional development hours by watching any of our webinar series. Select from topics below, including floor systems, lateral loads, building retrofitting, roof design, special profiles and more.
Live Webinar
Part 1 & 2: Evaluation and Modification of Open Web Steel Joists and Joist Girders
October & November
This is two-part series. Part one will discuss and demonstrate the methods to first evaluate existing open web steel joists and joist girders for revised loading conditions. Part two will discuss and demonstrate the methods to modify existing open web steel joists and joist girders for revised loading conditions.
This webinar parallels the Steel Joist Institute publication Technical Digest 12 “Evaluation and Modification of Open Web Steel Joists and Joist Girders.”
2026 Live Webinar Series
Check out the 2026 live webinar series line-up. Topics include snow loads, storm shelters, steel joist and deck, special profiles, ponding, hybrid construction, building retrofit, and more.
Webinars On Demand
Watch our recorded webinars for free. Need your Professional Development Hours (PDH)? After watching the webinar on demand, purchase a 10 question multiple-choice online quiz for the opportunity to receive 1.5 PDHs.
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Concentrated and Non-Uniform Loading on Steel Deck (2026)
Steel Deck
2026 | All too often, real-word application of project loading is much less uniform in nature than what it is assumed to be when a…
SJI Roof Bay Analysis: Ponding and Beyond
Design Tools, Ponding
2026 | This webinar provides an in-depth look at advanced roof ponding evaluation for steel framing systems. Participants will rev…
Structural Engineering Unfiltered: Lessons, Myths, and Real-World Design
Steel Joist
2026 | Join James M. Fisher, Ph.D., P.E. and an expert panel for a discussion on structural engineering design, lessons learned fr…
Five Comparisons To Make With Hybrid Construction
Other Specialties
2026 | Construction is always a balancing act when making decisions between differing materials. Material manufacturers are consta…
Connecting the Load Path: Chords and Collectors in Steel Deck Diaphragms
Steel Deck
2026 | This webinar will provide tools to help you understand diaphragm stiffness and how that stiffness relates to the distributi…
ASCE/SEI 7 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures
Other Specialties
2026 | New Reliability-Targeted Snow Loads in 2024 IBC – Learn about the significant changes to the 2024 IBC snow load provisions,…
Updated Guidance for Safe Handling and Erection of Joists — Inside the New Edition of Technical Digest 9
Handling & Erection
2025 | The Steel Joist Institute’s Technical Digest 9: Handling and Erection of Steel Joists and Joist Girders was recently upda…
Welding In, On and Around Steel Joists (2025)
Welding
2025 | The welding of steel joists has taken many forms over the nearly 100-year history of the industry. Standardization has help…
SDI Tech Notes Live
Steel Deck
2025 | The Steel Deck Institute has a collection of Technical Notes that cover a multitude of topics. Some Tech Notes address freq…
Delegated Design – Friendly Collaboration
Other Specialties
2025 | This webinar will explore the overlapping areas of responsibility in the delegated design of structural steel elements incl…
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