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Tariffs keep contractors guessing on material costs

Construction Dive

for example, recently laid off 233 workers after the postponement of two major contracts due to steel price volatility. The move follows the increase on steel and aluminum tariffs from 25% to 50% earlier this summer. Only a few times in the past 20 years have we seen such meteoric price rises including in 2007, 2017 and 2020.”

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Ryan Sherman Presents on Steel Additive Manufacturing for the 2023 Robert J. Dexter Memorial Award Lecture

Civil + Structural Engineer

Dexter Memorial Award Lecture to members of the Steel Bridge Task Force on September 21, 2023, in Denver, Colorado. His lecture topic was “Evaluation of Steel Additive Manufacturing Experimental Results.” Recipients become guests of the Steel Bridge Task Force, which is comprised of leading steel bridge experts.

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The World’s 10 Most Expensive Buildings in 2023

OmTrak

Buildings, beyond being bricks and mortar, unfold stories etched in steel and glass, tales of human ambition, creativity, and, let’s be honest, pocketbooks that might be the envy of Midas himself. Constructed as the main building of the World Trade Center complex, the initial cost estimate in February 2007 was around $3 billion.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

The buildingSMART alliance TM Conference will help you understand how BIM can better integrate the design, construction, fabrication and operation processes, and provide you with the latest metrics available to assess industry progress. American Institute of Steel Construction. Monday, January 7, 2013. Chris Moor, Chair. . Chris Moor.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

The buildingSMART alliance TM Conference will help you understand how BIM can better integrate the design, construction, fabrication and operation processes, and provide you with the latest metrics available to assess industry progress. American Institute of Steel Construction. Monday, January 7, 2013. Chris Moor, Chair. . Chris Moor.

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Open information exchange of Heating, Ventilating and Cooling systems (HVAC) – A Important Standard? – HVAC information exchange – HVACie

Building Information Management

HVACie extends the existing Industry Foundation Class Coordination View including equipment and system information streamlining construction shop drawing and fabrication. Life-cycle information exchanges have previously been identified in the structural steel domain—an analysis model, a design model, and a detailed model.

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Open information exchange of Heating, Ventilating and Cooling systems (HVAC) – A Important Standard? – HVAC information exchange – HVACie

Building Information Management

HVACie extends the existing Industry Foundation Class Coordination View including equipment and system information streamlining construction shop drawing and fabrication. Life-cycle information exchanges have previously been identified in the structural steel domain—an analysis model, a design model, and a detailed model.