Ontario Orders the Mandatory Closure of All Non-Essential Workplaces to Fight Spread of COVID-19
New Measures to Further Protect the Health and Safety of the People of Ontario March 23, 2020 1:30 P.M. TORONTO — To further contain the spread of COVID-19, the Ontario [...]
Letter to Mr. François Legault, Premier of Québec
Montreal, March 20, 2020 The Canadian Institute of Steel Construction of the Quebec Region (CISC) applauds the measures of support for businesses announced by the Quebec government and Prime Minister [...]
Cast Steel Replaceable Links for use in Steel Eccentrically Braced Frames
By Pedram Mortazavi, Eden Lee, Oh-Sung Kwon, Constantin Christopoulos, University of Toronto and Justin Binder, Michael Gray, Cast Connex Corporation Steel Eccentrically Braced Frames (EBFs) have been proposed as Lateral [...]
Engineers Corner: Technical Column
By Charles Albert, P.Eng. CISC provides this column as part of its commitment to the education of those interested in the use of steel in construction. Neither CISC nor the [...]
CISC Design Module 7 – Moment Connections for Seismic Applications, 3rd Edition
The Third Edition of "Moment Connections for Seismic Applications" is now available. It has been adopted, by reference, by CSA Standard S16:19 as an alternative to physical testing for the [...]