The Canadian National Steel Bridge Competition (CNSBC), alongside the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE) and the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC), are proud to present the 2019 CNSBC Rules and Guidelines. Every year, the CNSBC challenges students with bright minds and competitive spirits to produce innovative ideas and to collaborate creatively. It’s a fun [...]
From left to right: Dean Anderson (Steadfast Engineering and E&R committee member), Dr. Robert Driver & Dr. Yong Li (UAlberta & co-supervisors to Michael), Michael Manarin & Amir Jamshidi (Supreme Steel and chair of E&R committee). We are pleased to announce that the 2018 G.L. Kulak Scholarship, presented by the CISC Alberta Region, [...]
For our five Canadian National Steel Bridge Competition (CNSBC) winning teams, the excitement of competitive engineering continued on May 25-26, 2018—this time at an international level. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) hosted the 2018 National Student Steel Bridge Competition (NSSBC) at the University of [...]
This year, the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) and the Canadian [...]
This biennial event was held in Ottawa, ON, on March 2-3, 2018. The CISC brought together 38 academics teaching steel design to undergraduate students in faculties of engineering and architecture at universities across Canada. Thanks to the generous travel support from local CISC Regional Committees and these individual CISC Members & Associates: Walters Group, [...]
We are pleased to launch a new Careers section on the CISC website. The new Careers section features a “Careers in the Steel Industry” page with all the possible career streams in the steel industry for students and professionals looking to enter the industry. The second EXCLUSIVE members & associates feature of the new Careers section [...]
Congratulations to all the 2017-2018 CISC Research Grant recipients. The 2017 H.A. Krentz Research Award winner is Dr. Ali Imanpour, University of Alberta, for his project on Simplified Design Methods for Steel Multi-Tiered Braced Frames in Regions of Low and Moderate Seismicity. CISC congratulates the research grant recipients for the 2017-2018 academic year: Ali Imanpour [...]
Over the past weekend, forty-three teams from around the world participated in the the AISC 2017 National Student Steel Bridge Competition in Corvallis, Oregon. It was an exciting event that showcased talent, innovation and engineering excellence as the student teams went head to head designing and constructing their bridge structures. For a second year in [...]
Congrats also to all the other winning Canadian teams! The CISC is proud to host and judge this incredible competition! Click here to view the overall ranking (PDF)
This year Laurie Hawkinson, Professor of Architecture at Columbia GSAPP and partner at Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects (SMH+) was the guest lecturer.