The innovative and distinctive vision at the heart of the Université de Montréal's future outremont campusSteel connects Edmontonians to their beloved river valleyAmazon's spheres a new landmark on Seattle skylineHeavy Metal 14-Storey Addition to the Britt a perfect example of steel's many advantages
- Canadian Museum for Human Rights
- Experts turn to structural steel
- Life-cycle assessment methodologies for buildings
- Girder-Slab® construction
- Staggered truss framing system
- CISC National Steel Design Awards
- For Green’s Sake Comparison of structural frame alternatives for office buildings using life cycle assessment methods
- On Fertile Ground
- Understanding Steel Construction, Book Review
- Architectural and Structural Steel Expressions in Ontario’s Durham Region
- Building an Innovative Home for the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
- The Bow: Fire Protection of a Large Diagrid Structure
Our series Steel and Other Materials concludes with Steel and Concrete. A new series begins on Residential Construction with Hybrid Steel and Hollow-core Systems. The Canadian Matrix: A Category Approach for Specifying AESS with its handy pull-out centrefold is a sure to be classic. Also included; the BC and Quebec 2007 Design Awards.
Part Two of Steel and Other Materials continues with Steel and Wood. Steel comes to the rescue of a Quebec condo building and in developing a dream roof-top garden in Toronto. Also included are our ever-popular overviews of the 2007 Alberta and Ontario Steel Design Awards and the year's Scholarships and Awards.
Read about a steel “fly-over” bridge in Alberta and how Canadians hold a commanding lead in the production and use of HSS. Learn how to achieve a 30% energy saving over the Model National Energy Code or a Silver LEED rating, as in the new GTAA’s Institute. Christopher Hume explains how “we now inhabit the Age of Steel” .
Whether its tight construction deadlines, fire-protection innovation, or offering a sustainable environmental solution, this issue provides a close up look at how Canadians from coast-to-coast are benefiting from the advantages of structural steel. Also read about the role structural steel plays in research and education.
This issue looks at the "Rebirth of Steel" as Advantage Steel Magazine returns after an 18 month dormancy. The Steel Structures Education Foundations launches the first Student Design Competition.
This issue looks at the Steel Plate Shear Wall evolution in North America.
This issue looks at the use of steel in improving traffic flow as well as steel education issues and the birth of the Steel Structures Education Foundation.
This issue looks at the steel industry as it enters the 21st century, including reviews of detailing and design software and surrounding issues.