AISC to host SteelDay flagship event in Millennium Park

CHICAGO — In honor of downtown Chicago’s structural steel heritage and to recognize the structural steel industry’s continuing progress, the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) will host a free networking and learning event in Chicago’s Millennium Park. At the event, guests will have the opportunity to explore several education stations on structural steel and its applications, as well as attend a special presentation on sustainable steel construction. An optional tour of Millennium Park structures will also be available.

AISC’s Millennium Park event is one of more than 170 events scheduled in all 50 states for SteelDay; the first national day of awareness and interaction with the structural steel industry, hosted by AISC and its members.

The Governor of the State of Illinois, Pat Quinn, has signed a proclamation designating September 18 as SteelDay in Illinois in recognition of the contributions of the state’s structural steel industry to the economy and infrastructure of the State of Illinois.

DETAILS: Friday, September 18, 2009 (11:45 am – 2 pm) at the Chase Promenade (North), Millennium Park

• 11:45 am – event opens, lunch begins
• Noon – 2 pm – networking, education stations open, optional Millennium Park tour offered
• 12:30 pm – opening remarks and presentation, followed by Q&A
• 2 pm – event closes

SteelDay’s Chicago Millennium Park event is a fabulous opportunity for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) community, students, universities, and the general public to get valuable hands-on education about the greenest building material available on earth: steel. Attendees will be able to see how the structural steel industry is building high-performance projects that have minimal environmental impact our planet.

For more information, visit www.steelday.org/chicago.
For more information on AISC, visit www.aisc.org.