New CISC Centre for Steel Structures Education and Research officially opens at the University of Alberta
The CISC is excited to announce the opening of the CISC Steel Centre in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta!...
EBF – A System with Unlimited Potential
Seismic Corner - Advantage Steel Issue No. 50 A system developed for seismic resistance Common lateral-load-resisting systems, such as rigid frames, concentrically braced frames and shear walls, have traditionally served to resist wind effects and provide stability in general...
Brittle Fracture & Specifying the Appropriate Level of Notch-Toughness
Brittle fracture is a complex subject. In order to limit the probability of its occurrence to an acceptable level,...
New CISC Handbook Features 350 MPa Channels and Angles
In 2014, the largest producer of channels and angles in Canada, Gerdau Corporation, introduced its new GGMULTI product...
Gerber-Girders
In the design of continuous beams and Gerber beams, one must not confuse the inflection points in the vertical bending moment diagram with the inflection points in the laterally buckled shape...