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Structural Engineering Unfiltered: Lessons, Myths, and Real-World Design
Steel Joists/Deck
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 Joists/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…
What the Deck? Correctly Specifying Steel Deck
Steel Deck
2025 | There is more to steel deck than holding up a roof or a slab of concrete. While much of the time a traditional gravity load…
Designing High-Performance Floors With Open Web Steel Joists
Floors
2025 | Open web steel joists are used in high-performance floors to achieve superior design characteristics with less weight, lowe…