The American Institute of Steel Construction’s virtual steel conference—which replaced AISC’s annual gathering canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic—offered dozens of no-cost online professional development hours to its 9,146 registrants. But due to the limitations of webinar-like events, AISC had to cancel some sessions and activities originally planned for April 22-24 in Atlanta. Among those was the formal roll-out of an unprecedented six-year program, dubbed Need for Speed, designed to enable building teams to slash in half, by 2025, the time it takes to produce a steel-framed building or bridge.
“We do think our plan is ambitious, but in a good way,” says Charlie Carter, AISC’s president.