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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…

steel joist and mass timber construction

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…

Combining loads

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,…

Unloading a Bundle of Joist Girders with a Fork Type Lift Typically Available on Construction Sites

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 steel joist

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…

steel joist and steel deck

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…

steel joists construction

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…

Steel joist and steel deck

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…

Steel Joist Floors

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…

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View articles from SJI that were featured in various industry publications. Topics include floor systems, winds, seismic, non-uniform loads, composite steel joists and more.