June 2004

2004 Listing of Quality Certified Erectors
Certified steel erectors. For the latest certification information, click here.

Back to School
By Beth S. Pollak
The University of Oregon's Lillis Business Complex in Eugene, OR, used steel to provide an open classroom environment and a model for sustainable design. (496 KB)

Can You Hear Me Now?
By Beth S. Pollak
OSHA's new Forms 300 and 300A require employers to keep track of work-related hearing loss. (40 KB)

Classic Revival
By Beth S. Pollak with Kenneth E. Dahl, P.E.
Seattle's Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, originally built in 1927, was given a major structural and architectural overhaul that included designing to achieve a silver LEED™ rating.

Creative Quarters
By Beth S. Pollak, with Fred Teitgen, P.E.
The steel-framed expansion of Harley-Davidson's Willie G. Davidson Product Development Center in Wauwatosa, WI is a sustainable structure designed for innovative thinking. (251 KB)

Design for Deconstruction
By Michael Pulaski, Christopher Hewitt, Michael Horman, Ph.D. and Bradley Guy
The complete sustainable-design cycle includes provisions for the re-use of building components at the end of a structure's design life.

Estimating and Project Management Software Products

Green Acres
By William B. Kussro, P.E., S.E.
A new truck-assembly building for the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI integrates green building concepts into a modern manufacturing facility. (183 KB)

Joining Forces
By Cynthia J. Duncan
AISC's steel design specifications merge in 2005.

Outdoors Inside
By Beth S. Pollak
The Oregon Department of Forestry's new Operations Building combines structural steel and re-sawn timber to create attractive offices. (361 KB)

Rapid Rehabilitation
By James A. Swanson and Joe Windau
A design-build contract helped complete a typically 18-month bridge rehabilitation in only 47 days.

Safety Products