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The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), headquartered in Chicago, is a 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. AISC’s mission is to make structural steel the material of choice by being the leader in structural-steel-related technical and market-building activities, including: specification and code development, research, education, technical assistance, quality certification, standardization, and market development. AISC has a long tradition of service to the steel construction industry providing timely and reliable information. ==History== In the early 1900s there were a number of independently operated structural steel fabricator groups that were concerned with improving the disorganized climate in which they operated. They individually sought some means to establish a code of practice and ethics for the industry, and to promote the usage of steel for building and bridge construction. However, there was no defining event or organization that could establish a unified message. When the United States entered the World War I, the two larger steel fabricator groups, the Structural Steel Society and the Bridge Builders Society, discussed the formation of a national group to represent the steel industry during the war emergency. The two groups agreed that this was the right step and called a meeting for all U.S. steel fabricators. On November 21, 1917 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the structural steel War Service Committee was formed. This group assisted the U.S. War Industries Board in the procurement of fabricated structural steel, and attempted to coordinate the efforts of the steel industry during the World War I effort. The U.S. War Industries Board (WIB) was decommissioned at the conclusion of World War I on January 1, 1919. With the decommissioning of the WIB, the leaders of the Structural Steel Society and the Bridge Builders Society met in November 1919 to disband the War Service Committee. Proactive fabricators attending the meeting suggested that the War Service Committee be reorganized into a new association that would continue the promotional efforts of the structural steel industry on a national basis. All parties agreed and the War Service Committee was reorganized to become The National Steel Fabricators Association (NSFA). The NSFA immediately established an office at 50 Church Street New York, New York, and Pittsburgh was established as the home of the NSFA Annual Meeting. Representatives from 34 of the then 85 founding members were present at the 1920 NSFA Annual Meeting. While larger fabricators were still hesitant in joining the NSFA at this time, the participation at this Annual Meeting illustrated the determination of the steel fabrication industry in making the association a success. During the 1921 Annual Meeting, the funding/membership structure of NSFA was confirmed and a Board of Directors was established. NSFA also adopted a tentative charter, constitution, and by-laws; these documents would become the defining purposes and goals of NSFA. At the 1922 Annual Meeting, the National Steel Fabricators Association officially changed its name to the American Institute of Steel Construction. Initially there was discussion as to whether the proposed name the “American Institute of Steel Construction” was too similar to the existing American Iron and Steel Institute. The group considered an alternative name of the National Institute of Steel Construction; however, as Canadian fabricators were actively part of the NSFA, it was decided that “American” was a more appropriate term for the name. The objectives of AISC were presented as follows: * Establish AISC as a single steel code authority that would be recognized by building code authorities and designers. * In an attempt to eliminate the confusion of numerous and different manuals produced by U.S. steel mills, AISC would establish a set of loading tables for all U.S. steel sections. AISC would then ask U.S. mills to adopt this standard in their future publications; thus showing the public that the mills have accepted AISC standards as authority. * AISC would establish a uniform code for use for the entire industry, including mills and fabricators, to establish a uniform reference that would contribute to the advancement of the entire industry. * AISC would become a champion in establishing and enhancing college steel construction courses. * AISC would also serve as an authority that would market the economical and efficient use of steel to architects, engineering professionals, and building commissioners. Although the name the American Institute of Steel Constriction was not established until 1922, you will note that the AISC seal states “founded in 1921”. Again during the Annual Meeting 1921, the then young organization NSFA defined its purposes and goals. Those purposes and goals would continue after the name change to AISC. Virtually from the beginning, AISC embarked on determined and aggressive programs of promotion, publicity, public relations, salesmanship, engineering and research. All of these programs continue today. ‘’Of the two founding structural steel fabricators associations, The Bridge Builders Society disbanded in 1921, and the Structural Steel Society merged with the Central Fabricators Association in 1926. The Central Fabricators Association continues to promote structural steel usage in the Midwest. ‘’ 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Institute of Steel Construction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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