SpeedCore. SpeedFloor. SpeedConnection. Speedier bridges. The American Institute of Steel Construction has created its own race against time, which AISC unabashedly admits is ambitious. The group is using its double identity as a structural steel booster and a technical organization to fund the development of tools to help building teams halve the time it takes to deliver steel buildings and simple steel bridges. And they hope to accomplish the 50% time reduction by 2025.
It’s a “big audacious goal,” said Kevin Huber, AISC’s director of research, during the group’s Oct. 27-29 Flash Virtual Steel Conference, which had 1,000 registrants.