The Wilshire Grand Center in Los Angeles, California won the American Institute of Steel Construction’s (AISC’s) ‘National’ award in the projects greater than $200 million category.
AISC recognized nine structural steel projects in the 2020 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS2) awards program. The awards are the highest honor the U.S. structural steel industry bestows upon buildings and other structures around the country.
The Wilshire project team included:
Each project was judged on its use of structural steel from an architectural and structural engineering perspective, with an emphasis on:
A panel of design and construction industry professionals identified national and merit winners in categories based on total project cost.
Additionally, the panel awarded the Sculpture/Installation/Non-Building Structures Award.
The other 2020 award-winning project in the greater than $200 million category ‘Merit’ is Sutter Health CPMC Van Ness Campus – Viscous Wall Dampers in San Francisco, California.
The project team included:
For more information on the awards, click here. Awards for each winning project will be presented to the team members involved in the design and construction of the structural framing system at ceremonies held at each of the winning projects throughout this year.
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