Design professionals  have a valuable new resource on constructability: AISC Design Guide No. 23, "Constructability of Structural Steel Buildings" by David Ruby, P.E., chairman of Ruby + Associates. This publication from the American Institute of Steel Construction addresses constructability as a design concept that takes advantage of steel materials, fabrication and installation expertise early in the design phase.

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