Message from the Chair!
“What is the CISC? A majestic ivory tower dominating the skyline of a great metropolis with hundreds of people working with, developing and designing steel. This is what I imagined [...]
Need Steel Detailers?
Canada’s Steel Construction Modelling Program, Steel Detailing Technician, Produces Job-Ready Employees in 10 Months In today’s competitive steel industry, you need hard-working junior steel detailers competent in steel detailing knowledge [...]
CSA S16’s New Annex P on Specifying Third-Party Inspections
CISC Steel Expert Bob Shaw The new CSA S16:19 Design of steel structures introduces "Guidance for specifying third party inspection of steel structures" as an informative annex. [...]
Engineers’ Corner: Unbraced Length in X-Bracing – Out-of-Plane Buckling
A typical concentrically braced frame featuring X-bracing and subject to a lateral load "P" is illustrated in Figure 1. The compression brace (C) is susceptible to in-plane buckling, although out-of-plane [...]
RJC Designs the New Toronto Zoo Orangutan Exhibit, Steel the Only Answer
Sumatran orangutans, a critically endangered species, have been a part of the Toronto Zoo since 1974. This project will provide them with two new outdoor habitats as well as minor [...]