AISC (American Institute of Steel Construction) has published a new stainless steel design standard. ANSI/AISC 370-21 Specification for Structural Stainless Steel Buildings is available to download free of charge at Current Standards | American Institute of Steel Construction (aisc.org).
The availability of this eagerly anticipated standard will help engineers, materials specifiers and designers take full advantage of the outstanding properties of stainless steel in building, construction and large infrastructure projects, opening up new opportunities for growth in these sectors. The standard is significant because it is the first US specification for structural use of heavier gauge hot rolled and welded stainless steel sections. AISC standards are also used by structural engineers in many other global regions.
Nancy Baddoo and Francisco Meza of SCI, along with other US-based stainless steel experts, steel producers and product manufacturers worked closely with AISC over the last three years to develop this important new standard.
