New Handbook Updates with Revised Tables – 2017

This publication contains the revisions and updates which have been incorporated into the 3rd Revised Printing of the 11th Edition of the CISC Handbook of Steel Construction. The list includes all revisions previously published in List No. 2 (4 October 2017), in addition to full reproductions of tables and pages that were revised due to [...]

2018-01-25T10:05:11-05:00November 22nd, 2017|

CISC makes the case for steel at affordable housing charrette

The CISC participated in presentations and a panel discussion between wood, steel and concrete, and made the case for why steel should be the material of choice for affordable housing construction. We presented various innovative steel framing solutions, and the results of our steel vs. concrete case study which demonstrates a savings of $1 million for [...]

2017-11-30T10:30:12-05:00November 20th, 2017|

Another fully sprinklered wood building for seniors burns down

Wood is a combustible building material and the most susceptible to catching fire with devastating consequences to life and property. Over the past few years, we have witnessed deadly fires in several buildings in various stages of construction around the world. As recently as early November, we had a deadly five-alarm fire at the Barclay Friends [...]

2017-12-05T11:41:49-05:00November 18th, 2017|

CISC Saskatchewan Associate recognized for contributions to engineering industry

CISC Associate, Rick Kullman, P.Eng., was honored with the 2017 Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan Meritorious Achievement Award by the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies in Saskatchewan. Receiving his award at the 2017 Awards of Distinction Reception on Nov 7, 2017, Kullman was recognized for his successful career and his tremendous contributions to the engineering industry.   [...]

2017-12-12T17:02:38-05:00November 10th, 2017|

CISC Saskatchewan hosts popular Fall Steel Event on fire protection

On Nov 8, 2017, CISC Saskatchewan region hosted their Fall Steel Event in Saskatoon’s Lucky Bastard Distillery. A crowd of 50 CISC members & associates and industry guest thoroughly enjoyed the featured speaker, Dr. Michael O’Donoghue from International Paints/AkzoNobel. Dr. Mike, as he is known in the industry, discussed the finer details of intumescent fire protective [...]

2017-12-07T14:01:14-05:00November 8th, 2017|

CISC Alberta’s new regional meeting “plus” popular with Members & Associates!

CISC Alberta region held their new format regional meeting which included a special technical presentation on intumescent coatings by George Guanci of CISC Associate Sherwin Williams. Additional items covered in the meeting included the Introduction of the GL Kulak Scholarship co-recipients Daniel Unsworth and Dimple Ji  featured with Jason Collins and Dr. Robert Driver of University [...]

2019-05-27T14:13:10-04:00October 27th, 2017|
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