Qnect, a cloud-based, structural steel connection design and optimization software company based in Hadley, Mass., has added to its portfolio of connections new capabilities to optimize top and bottom ...

Keywords: Steel plate shear walls (SPSW). Retrofitting. Seismic designs. Existing structures. Lateral force resisting systems. Moment strengths. Anchor beams. Multistory structures. Energy dissipation ...

Although a steel supplier may be quite knowledgeable about the types and variety of steel grades, it is the customers who are ultimately responsible for defining the size, grade, and quantity of steel ...