CSI Indianapolis Chapter March Meeting-- Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel

AESS: Categorized by Design
Course Description:
Architects want architecturally exposed structural steel on projects to meet their expectations for appearance, budget, quality and structural integrity. The category system implemented in the AISC Code of Standard
Practice effectively communicates expectations and should be utilized on any AESS project. Participants in this program will learn how and when to implement the AESS Category Method to effectively communicate the desired appearance for architecturally exposed structural steel in a format that contractors can understand.
Credit: 1 LU / HSW
AIA Course: AISC382
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe how to identify and specify AESS in the contract documents using the category method.
2. Identify available resources for additional information when applying AESS on upcoming projects.
3. Explain the factors which impact the implementation of AESS.
4. Discuss the expectations of fabrication and erection AESS under the 2016 AISC Code of Standard
Practice.

About our speaker: David Fennell is the Senior Structural Steel Specialist in the greater Chicago market for the American Institute of Steel Construction. He is committed to helping architects, engineers, general contractors and owners achieve better project outcomes by using domestically produced and fabricated structural steel on their building projects. David is a graduate of Purdue University’s Construction Engineering and Management program as well as earning his Master of Business Administration at Northwood University.
The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), headquartered in Chicago, is a non-partisan, not-for-profit technical institute and trade association established in 1921 to serve the structural steel design community and construction industry in the United States.