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Happy New Year to everyone from AISC and WhySteel.org! We wish you the very best for 2009.

We have also added the December edition of the Structural Steel Industry fact sheet:

http://www.whysteel.org/uploadedData/Structural%20Steel%20Fact%20Sheet%20Dec%202008.pdf

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The November fact sheet about the structural steel industry has been added to www.WhySteel.org. View it at www.whysteel.org/resources.php.

In addition the Guide to Structural Steel Service Centers has also been added to the resource section of the site.

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The ‘Structural Steel Industry’ educational pages on the member’s only area of www.WhySteel.org has been updated along with new documents and links added. Find it by logging into the site and then going to the following link:

http://www.whysteel.org/member_portal/memberpage.php?id=53

Or by logging into the site then hitting the following two links:

Structural Steel Industry – >The Players

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Talking Structural Steel #5 is now out. This latest newsletter includes an article about Steel’s ‘Green’ credentials and another about how best to make use of AISC membership.

The newsletter is only accessible for members of WhySteel.org, so log in and then go to ‘Newsletters’.

http://www.whysteel.org/member_portal/memberpage.php?id=13

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09/23/2008 – Savannah Architects and Engineers tour Chatham Steel Corporation headquarters.

http://www.whysteel.org/news/news.php?id=27

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A new article about the innovative staggered truss structural steel framing system has been posted at http://www.whysteel.org/resources.php. The article, from The Fabricator magazine, focuses in on the unique Staybridge Suites hotel in downtown Chicago.

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An article from Modern Steel Construction magazine has been posted to the WhySteel web site: “Save More Money: Smart design and detailing can add up to big savings in the total cost of fabricated structural steel.”

The article provides some sound examples of where costs can be saved during a project built with structural steel.

Go to: www.whysteel.org/resources.php

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Who said parking garages are always built with concrete? Not so.

Sands BethWorks is a casino currently under construction in Bethlehem, PA on the former site of the historic Bethlehem Steel. One of the major structures on the complex is a 7 storey parking garage for over 3,200 cars. And it’s being built with a steel frame! Read more at http://www.whysteel.org/member_portal/ (log in first).

So, next time you hear someone states that ‘parking garages are built with concrete’, take them to task and show them that steel is a viable alternative. At least the frame will be environmentally friendly, even if the cars that park there aren’t! Something to think about.

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