Building structures are designed to support a variety of pipes, ducts, conduits and other services. Efforts to reduce floor heights have led to these items being placed in the same plane as the structural floor members. Structural systems using trusses and open-web steel joists provide openings for structural/mechanical integration. However, when beams with solid webs [...]
British Columbia’s government announces their intention to modernize their existing construction legislation in order to help resolve their ongoing challenges of delayed payments in the province. Bill M223, the Prompt Payment (Builders Lien) Act, will follow a similar structure to Ontario’s Bill 142. The CISC continues to provide assistance and resources to bring this legislation to [...]
ASTM A1085/A1085M, Standard Specification for Cold-Formed Welded Carbon Steel Hollow Structural Sections (HSS), was introduced in 2013 and was listed in CSA S16 Clause 5.1.3 for the first time in the 2014 edition. Figure 1 Hollow Structural Sections Wall thickness and mass tolerances for A1085 products are essentially the same as those specified for HSS [...]
Since then, the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan passed the third reading of The Builders’ Lien (Prompt Payment) Amendment Act. Saskatchewan is now the third province to enact prompt payment legislation, alongside Ontario and Nova Scotia. The CISC has played an active role in communication with government officials to establish a strong legislation that supports Canadian construction [...]
Welded connections in structural applications are normally designed with matching electrodes, as listed in Table 4 of CSA Standard S16 for steels produced to CSA G40.21, "Structural Quality Steel". Starting with the 2014 edition, the S16 Standard now permits the use of non-matching electrodes with reference to CSA W59, "Welded Steel Construction - Metal Arc Welding", [...]
With the support of the CISC, Nova Scotia’s Bill 119, the Builders’ Lien Act (Amended) receives royal assent. This legislation includes prompt payment laws with the intention to provide the authority for establishing an adjudication process to resolve disputes faster when timelines are not met. Nova Scotia is now only one of two provinces to implement [...]
Eccentrically Loaded Weld Groups The second module in CISC's Design Modules lineup, "Eccentrically Loaded Weld Groups" is now available. The first module on "Eccentrically Loaded Bolt Groups" was the subject of a previous blog post: https://www.cisc-icca.ca/cisc-steel-design-modules-module-1-eccentrically-loaded-bolt-groups/ Design Module No. 2 covers traditional methods for determining the resistance of fillet weld groups in connections of various configurations [...]
The Nova Scotia government introduces prompt payment legislation. The CISC is an active member of the Nova Scotia Prompt Payment Coalition and will continue to support and carry out the efforts made to bring prompt payment legislation to the province.
With the ongoing involvement from the CISC to ensure prompt payment legislation across Canada, Premier Stephen McNeil commits to introducing prompt payment for the 2019 Spring session.
The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) launches a trade action against China, Mexico and Canada on certain fabricated structural steel products. The CISC is confident that these investigations will prove that imports from Canada are fairly traded and cause no injury to U.S. producers.