Publications

Advantage Steel No. 36

• Elliptical Sections, Part Two: EHS Member Design 
• Steel By The Tonne For Québec City’s 400^th anniversary! 
• Standardized Brace Connectors For Seismic-Resistant Concentrically Braced Frames 
• Scholarships And Awards Summary 

Advantage Steel No. 35

• Allstream Centre
• 2008/09 SSEF Architectural Student  Design Competition  
• ASCE-AISC National Student Steel Bridge Competition
• Elliptical Hollow Sections, Part One: Properties and Applications
• Alberta and Ontario 2009 Steel Design Awards 

Advantage Steel No. 34

• Residential Construction, Part Three: Joist Floor Systems
• Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion Project
• 2008 BC and Quebec Steel Design Awards   

Advantage Steel No. 33

• Fire Protection at the Vancouver Convention Centre
• 3D Modelling Significantly Simplifies the Construction Process of the VCC
• Kicking Horse Canyon Project
• The Deconstruction and Rebuilding of 740 Rue Bel-Air Montreal, Quebec
• Scholarships and Awards Summary

Advantage Steel No. 32

The Residential Construction series continues with The Staggered Truss System. A new column For Green’s Sake is launched. Other highlights include: A Tale of Two LEEDs, Courses Between Courses, Quality Steel Fabrication Assured,  and the 2008 Ontario Design Awards.

Advantage Steel No. 31

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.

Advantage Steel No. 30

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.

Advantage Steel No. 29

This issue launches our three part special, Steel and Other Materials with Part One - Steel and Glass. Other articles include a "fast" bridge reconstruction in Quebec, a steel low-rise condo project in Ontario and a dynamic steel reuse project by BMW in Toronto.

Advantage Steel No. 28

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” .

Advantage Steel No. 27

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.

Advantage Steel No. 26

This issue features the technical details used to design and construct the new ROM in Toronto, discusses an interstitial steel-truss framing system used for a healthcare facility, and showcases some of Canada's latest LEED certified builings across the country.

Advantage Steel No. 25

This issue looks at the use of Multi-Storey Residential buildings framed in steel, steel re-use and current and emerging bridge systems, as well as the 2005 Awards.

Staggered Truss and Stub Girder Framing Systems in Western Canada, by David C. Stringer
This report describes the construction of the Delta Bow Valley hotel in Calgary, Alberta, as refererenced on page 14 of Advantage Steel, Spring 2006. 

Advantage Steel No. 24

This issue features designing structures in high seismic zones, changes to CSA Standard W47.1, changes to W36 beams,and a short discussion on various structural systems. CISC and SSEF student awards, programs and scholarships from 2005 are also highlighted.

Advantage Steel No. 23

The 75th Anniversary of the institute is highlighted in this issue, along with the history of AgFy, the appeal of raw metal, and a fire-protection case study.

Advantage Steel No. 22

Architecturally exposed structural steel as well as seismic design and shear plate wall systems are discussed in this issue.

Advantage Steel No. 21

This issue looks at the Student Design Awards winners as well as SSEF Research Grants.

Advantage Steel No. 20

This special issue addresses the vital issue of sustainable design, and how the steel industry is responding to this need.

Advantage Steel No. 19

This issue looks at bridge replacement for multi-lane highways using steel box girders.

Advantage Steel No. 18

This issue includes an interesting article on an innovative seismic bracing system.

Advantage Steel No. 17

This is an issue about several design aspects of steel. There is an in depth article about the renovations to Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto.

Advantage Steel No. 16

This issue shows some of the many uses of structural steel -- from a comparison of the framing systems for two office buildings, to its artistic use in portraying a Ram's Horn!

Advantage Steel No. 15

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.

Advantage Steel No. 14

This issue looks at the Steel Plate Shear Wall evolution in North America.

Advantage Steel No. 13

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.

Advantage Steel No. 12

This issue looks at the steel industry as it enters the 21st century, including reviews of detailing and design software and surrounding issues.