Five trade associations representing the American steel industry today urged the Treasury Department to ensure that certain wind and solar components use steel made in the United States to qualify for the domestic content bonus tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The agency is responsible for implementing the guidance for clean electricity production and investment tax credits from the IRA.

AISC Director of Workforce Development Jennifer Traut-Todaro, SE, LEED AP, will take on additional leadership responsibilities next year: president of the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois (SEAOI).

Traut-Todaro began her tenure as president-elect earlier this month and will officially begin her term as president July 1, 2024.

Nearly two decades ago, David Zalesne left a successful legal career in Philadelphia to revive a steel fabrication shop in South Carolina--and he’s never looked back.

AISC sat down with Zalesne, president of Owen Steel Company and the 2023 recipient of the Robert P. Stupp Award for Leadership Excellence, to talk about his remarkable career in the steel fabrication industry.

Check out our full interview at aisc.org/fieldnotes to learn about what brought Zalesne into the steel fabrication industry, why he loves it, and his forecast for the future of American cities.

AISC is now accepting nominations for its award programs that honor remarkable people.

Each year, AISC presents Lifetime and Special Achievement Awards to exceptional industry professionals, designers, and educators. The 2024 winners will receive special recognition at NASCC: The Steel Conference in San Antonio, Texas, March 20 to 22, 2024.

“The leaders driving today’s innovation are what makes the design community and domestic fabricated structural steel industry so special,” said AISC President Charles J. Carter, SE, PE, PhD. “They deserve the spotlight, and AISC is honored to provide one!”

The AISC Board of Directors appointed four new board members at their most recent meeting in Middleburg, Va.

The board voted to approve Corey Yraguen (Precision Build Solutions, LLC), Margaret Williams (A. Lucas & Sons Steel), Kelsey DeLong (DeLong’s, Inc.), and Todd Weaver (Metals Fabrication Company, Inc.), who were nominated to fill vacant seats through the end of their terms.

AISC is pleased to present the first AISC Honorary Member Award since 2013 to Lawrence F. Kruth, PE, for nearly five decades of service in the structural steel industry.

In addition to spending close to 40 years at Douglas Steel Fabricating, Kruth served as AISC’s vice president of engineering and research for six years and devoted his career to safety volunteer work.