PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1. THE TRANSFORMATIVE NATURE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION -- THE INTRINSIC CONNECTION BETWEEN HISTORIC DEVELOPMENTS IN STEEL AND MODERN ARCHITECTURE -- STEEL IS ABOUT TENSION -- STEEL IS ABOUT INDUSTRIALIZATION AND MASS FABRICATION -- STANDARD STRUCTURAL STEEL VERSUS AESS -- FROM TECHNIQUE TO TECHNOLOGY -- CHAPTER 2. THE MATERIALITY OF STEEL -- STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF STEEL -- HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHAPES -- HOLLOW STRUCTURAL SECTIONS (HSS) -- ECONOMIES IN DETAILING AND SPECIFYING STEEL -- DESIGN AND MODELING SOFTWARE -- CHAPTER 3. CONNECTIONS AND FRAMING TECHNIQUES -- THE IDEA BEHIND FRAMING -- BASIC CONNECTION STRATEGIES -- FRAMED CONNECTIONS -- BEAM-TO-GIRDER CONNECTIONS -- GIRDER OR BEAM-TO-COLUMN CONNECTIONS -- COLUMN CONNECTIONS -- PIN CONNECTIONS -- FLOOR SYSTEMS -- BRACED SYSTEMS -- TRUSS SYSTEMS -- PLANAR TRUSSES -- THREE-DIMENSIONAL TRUSSES -- CHAPTER 4. FABRICATION, ERECTION AND THE IMPLICATIONS ON DESIGN -- TRANSFORMING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN INTO FABRICATED ELEMENTS -- PROCESS PROFILE: ADDITION TO THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM -- THE ROLE OF PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL MODELS -- APPRECIATING SCALE -- TRANSPORTATION AND SITE ISSUES AND THE IMPACT ON DESIGN -- ERECTING THE STEEL -- THE EFFECTS OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE ON ERECTION -- PROVIDING PERMANENT STABILITY FOR THE FRAME -- COORDINATION WITH OTHER SYSTEMS -- PROCESS PROFILE: LESLIE DAN FACULTY OF PHARMACY -- SHOP FABRICATION -- ASSEMBLING THE PODS -- ERECTING A BEAM -- ERECTING THE COLUMNS -- LIFTING THE 50 TONNE TRUSS -- LIFTING THE PODS -- CHAPTER 5. AESS: ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT -- THE INVENTION OF HOLLOW STRUCTURAL SECTIONS -- THE EVOLUTION OF AESS THROUGH THE HIGH TECH MOVEMENT -- THE TYPOLOGY OF EARLY HIGH TECH ARCHITECTURE -- THE "EXTRUDED" TYPOLOGY -- THE "GRID/BAY" TYPOLOGY -- THE "TOWER-AND-TENSiLE" TYPOLOGY -- HIGH TECH BECOMES AESS.

RESULTANT BUILDING SCIENCE PROBLEMS -- CHAPTER 6. AESS: DESIGN AND DETAILING -- STANDARD STRUCTURAL STEEL VERSUS AESS -- WHAT IS AESS? -- PRIMARY FACTORS THAT DEFINE AESS -- CATEGPROES PF AESS -- AESS 1 - BASIC ELEMENTS -- AESS 2 - FEATURE ELEMENTS -- AESS 3 - FEATURE ELEMENTS -- AESS 4 - SHOWCASE ELEMENTS -- CUSTOM ELEMENTS -- STAINLESS STRUCTURAL STEEL -- MIXED CATEGORIES -- DETAILING REQUIREMENTS -- CONNECTION MOCK-UPS -- CUTTING STEEL -- CHOOSING CONNECTION TYPES -- BOLTED CONNECTIONS -- WELDED CONNECTIONS -- CAST CONNECTIONS -- CHOOSING MEMBER TYPES -- TUBULAR SECTIONS -- STANDARD STRUCTURAL SHAPES -- CONSTRUCTION BEST PRACTICES -- CARE IN HANDLING -- TRANSPORTATION ISSUES -- SEQUENCING OF LIFTS -- SITE CONSTRAINTS -- ERECTION ISSUES -- CHAPTER 7. COATINGS, FINISHES AND FIRE PROTECTION -- THE NEED FOR CORROSION PROTECTION -- THE NEED FOR FIRE PROTECTION -- PREPARING THE STEEL FOR COATINGS -- FINISH AND COATING SYSTEM SELECTION -- PRIMERS -- PAINT SYSTEMS FOR AESS -- SHORTCOMINGS OF PAINTED FINISHES -- SHOP VERSUS SITE PAINTING -- CORROSION PROTECTION SYSTEMS -- GALVANIZATION -- METALLIZATION -- WEATHERING STEEL -- STAINLESS STEEL -- FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS -- FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS -- SPRAY-APPLIED FIRE PROTECTION -- CONCRETE -- INTUMESCENT COATINGS -- CHAPTER 8. CURVED STEEL -- CREATING CURVES IN STEEL BUILDINGS -- LIMITATIONS ON CURVING STEEL -- THE CURVING PROCESS -- CURVED STEEL APPLICATIONS -- FACETING AS AN ALTERNATE METHOD TO BENDING -- CREATING CURVES WITH PLATE MATERIAL -- CHAPTER 9. ADVANCED FRAMING SYSTENS: DIAGRIDS -- TALL BUILDINGS -- DIAGONALIZED CORE BUILDINGS -- TRUSS BAND SYSTEMS -- BUNDLED TUBE BUILDINGS -- COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION -- WIND TESTING -- DIAGRID SYSTEMS -- THE ADVANTAGES OF A DIAGRID OVER A MOMENT FRAME -- DIAGRID TOWERS -- PROCESS PROFILE: BOW ENCANA TOWER.

CURVED DIAGRID-SUPPORTED SHAPES ON LOW TO MID-RISE BUILDINGS -- CRYSTALLINE DIAGRID FORMS -- HYBRID SHAPES -- CHAPTER 10. CASTINGS -- HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY CASTING -- BASIC TYPES OF CAST CONNECTORS -- TENSILE CONNECTORS -- BASE CONNECTIONS -- BRANCH-TYPE CONNECTIONS -- PROCESS PROFILE: UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH SCIENCE BUILDING -- CHAPTER 11. tension systems and spaceframes -- TENSION SYSTEMS -- TENSION CONNECTORS -- CROSS BRACING -- INNOVATIVE FORCE EXPRESSION IN TRUSSES -- SIMPLE CANOPIES -- CABLE-STAYED SYSTEMS -- TENSEGRITY STRUCTURES -- SPACEFRAME SYSTEMS -- NON-PLANAR SPACEFRAMES -- IRREGULAR MODULES -- CHAPTER 12. S TEEL AND GLAZING SYSTEMS -- EARLY STEEL AND GLASS BUILDINGS -- TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF COMBINING STEEL WITH GLASS -- SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR GLAZING -- SELECTING THE APPROPRIATE SYSTEM -- SIMPLE CURTAIN WALL SUPPORT SYSTEMS -- SIMPLE WIND-BRACED SYSTEMS -- CABLE-SUPPORTED STRUCTURAL GLASS ENVELOPES -- CABLE NET WALLS -- STAiNLESS STEEL SPiDER CONNECTORS -- CABLE TRUSS SYSTEMS -- COMPLEX CABLE SYSTEMS -- OPERABLE STEEL AND GLASS SYSTEMS -- HANDLING CURVES -- LATTICE SHELL CONSTRUCTION -- CHAPTER 13. ADVANCED FRAMING SYSTEMS: STEEL AND TIMBER -- CHARACTERISTICS -- DETAILING ISSUES -- FABRICATION AND ERECTION ISSUES -- FINISH ISSUES -- HIDDEN STEEL -- PROCESS PROFILE: ADDITION TO THE ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO -- PROCESS PROFILE: RICHMOND SPEED SKATING OVAL -- CHAPTER 14. STEEL AND SUSTAINABILITY -- STEEL AS A SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL -- THE LEED TM GREEN BUILDING RATING SYSTEM -- RECYCLE VERSUS REUSE -- RECYCLED CONTENT -- COMPONENT REUSE -- ADAPTiVE REUSE -- SUSTAINABLE BENEFITS OF AESS -- LOW-CARBON DESIGN STRATEGIES -- REDUCE MATERiAL -- REDUCE FiNiSHES -- REDUCE LABOR -- REDUCE TRANSPORTATiON -- DURABiLiTY -- CHAPTER 15. STEEL IN TEMPORARY EXHIBITION BUILDINGS -- APPENDIX -- BiBLiOGRAPHY -- iLLUSTRATiON CREDiTS.

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