The Steel Deck Institute announced the launch of its new and expanded website with added functionality and information that will make using steel floor and roof decks easier and more economical. The official launch date for the new website was Sept. 5.

The American Iron and Steel Institute has published AISI D250-23 (Thermal Design and Code Compliance Guide for C-Shape Cold-Formed Steel Framing in Building Envelopes).

Simpson Strong-Tie has introduced the Simpson Strong-Tie HSKP heavy-seated knife plate, a high-capacity, welded concealed beam hanger for mass timber structures that is designed to meet heavy loads while providing a hidden-connector, wood-only design aesthetic.

The American Iron and Steel Institute has updated AISI S310 (North American Standard for the Design of Profiled Steel Diaphragm Panels). The standard, first published in 2013, provides design provisions for diaphragms consisting of profiled steel panels, which include fluted profiles and cellular panel profiles.

Simpson Strong-Tie staged ribbon-cutting ceremonies on Sept. 15 at three new warehouse, distribution and training centers in Denver; Salt Lake City; and Kent, Washington. Part of a strategic investment to increase the Simpson Strong-Tie U.S. distribution footprint, the new facilities will significantly expand the range of products available for next-day delivery across the Northwest.

Hosting one of the top 10 best plant science programs in the country, the North Carolina State University Plant Science Building is an exciting, new, 185,000-square-foot, cutting-edge facility in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Continuing its popular metal wall panel installation seminars in 2024, ATAS International announced the dates and locations for those sessions.

The Fahy Commons building at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, recently won three major sustainability awards. ATAS International manufactured the 24-gauge steel 2-inch Field-Lok standing seam metal roof panels, 15 1/4 inches wide, for the building.

Nick Shaink remembers working for Professional Drywall Construction Inc. on the Target store in the Holyoke Mall, but he does not have much of a memory of the company before that, reported Emily Thurlow of BusinessWest.