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The efficiency of steel can, therefore, bring new and renovated constructions up to higher standards and improve economic, social, and environmental performances. Steel has all of the attributes required by the 21st century construction sector, and its inherent adaptability makes it an attractive option for an unpredictable and rapidly changing future.
At Arcelor Mittal, we are proud to serve a full range of customers, including manufacturers and contractors, who develop systems and methods for using our products and solutions to facilitate reduced impact designs.
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Join ArcelorMittal at CTA Congress 2022: Italian Days of Steel Construction
14 September 2022Join ArcelorMittal at the 28th edition of the CTA (College of Steel Technicians) Congress - historically called 'Italian Days of Steel Construction' - in Francavilla al Mare, Italy from 29 September to 1 October 2022.Marina D'Antimo, ArcelorMittal Steligence® construction engineer, will give a presentation on sustainability in construction featuring XCarb® and several case studies and will give a sponsor’s keynote. Mattia Alemani, Customer technical support manager from ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products, will hold a training course on the sustainability and performance of steel enclosures.
Event newsConstruirAcier appoints new president from ArcelorMittal
13 July 2022With his passion for steel construction evident throughout an entire career devoted to steel in construction, ArcelorMittal Europe’s Patrick Le Pense has been appointed the new president of the steel promotion organisation ConstruirAcier.
Industry newsNew SiCA: Steel in Construction Academy lectures available!
8 June 2022Two new lectures have just been added to SiCA: Steel in Construction Academy for the design of steel and composite bridges with even more lectures coming soon!
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Join ArcelorMittal at CTA Congress 2022: Italian Days of Steel Construction
Join ArcelorMittal at the 28th edition of the CTA (College of Steel Technicians) Congress - historically called 'Italian Days of Steel Construction' - in Francavilla al Mare, Italy from 29 September to 1 October 2022.
Marina D'Antimo, ArcelorMittal Steligence® construction engineer, will give a presentation on sustainability in construction featuring XCarb® and several case studies and will give a sponsor’s keynote. Mattia Alemani, Customer technical support manager from ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products, will hold a training course on the sustainability and performance of steel enclosures.
CTA 2022
The College of Steel Technicians (CTA) is a cultural association made up of academics and professionals in the industry. It brings together the different components of the world of steel construction into a single entity.
For over 50 years, the CTA has been organising a national congress - the only one of its kind in Italy - in order to promote the latest developments in the fields of steel research, design, and solutions.
During the congress, many topics related to steel architectural and structural design will be covered including:
- sustainability in steel systems and steel-concrete compounds
- the behaviour of structural steel elements
- seismic design
- energy dissipation systems
- structural monitoring
- lightweight steel systems
- steel bridges and composite structures
- steel construction regulations
- high-rise buildings
- wind towers
For more information and to register for the event, click here.
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ConstruirAcier appoints new president from ArcelorMittal
With his passion for steel construction evident throughout an entire career devoted to steel in construction, ArcelorMittal Europe’s Patrick Le Pense has been appointed the new president of the steel promotion organisation ConstruirAcier.
Motivated and committed
The ConstruirAcier Board of Directors assembled in May 2022 to appoint a successor to the outgoing president, Michel Julien-Vauzelle. It is now Patrick Le Pense who will continue to keep the association moving forward in its mission to promote steel construction.
Stepping into his new role as president, Patrick Le Pense stated that “it is a great honour for me to have been elected President of ConstruirAcier. With the whole team of ConstruirAcier, motivated and committed, but also with all the members and partners of the association, we will continue to develop and promote steel-based solutions in construction, with the objective of positioning steel as one of the preferred materials of choice for sustainable construction and the circular economy.”
A passion for sustainable steel construction and the circular economy
A civil engineer from École Royale des Ponts et Chaussées (now known as École des Ponts ParisTech), Patrick Le Pense has devoted his career to steel construction by working for major steel groups. At ArcelorMittal, he managed the Innovation and Construction segment for two years, and then the Design and Engineering segment between 2011 and 2013. In 2014, he became Marketing Innovation Construction Director at ArcelorMittal Europe - Flat Products. He was President of the Metals for Buildings European alliance from 2012 to 2021 and remains a member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of the Association Française des Industries des Produits de Construction (AIMCC).
Not only is Patrick Le Pense well-equipped for this new position, but his passion for promoting steel as a material for sustainable construction and the circular economy is evident: "I am convinced that we must devote all the resources we have today and will have tomorrow, whatever they may be, to one requirement: to position steel, our material, as one of the preferred materials for sustainable construction and the circular economy, starting today."
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New SiCA: Steel in Construction Academy lectures available!
Two new lectures have just been added to SiCA: Steel in Construction Academy for the design of steel and composite bridges with even more lectures coming soon!
Designing steel and composite bridges
Our two new lectures include 'The design of steel and composite bridges', parts 1 and 2.
Part 1 introduces steel and composite bridges, discusses bridge components and structural systems, and describes the common types of steel bridge - plate girder, box girder, and truss girder bridges.
Part 2 covers footbridges, moving bridges, and service bridges and provides initial guidance in the selection of bridge form and span, including viaducts.
Our ever-expanding list of lectures
Our current list of 60+ steel in construction lectures is just the beginning. We will continue to add more and more lectures, covering topics such as sustainable construction with steel, energy efficiency, and the circular economy to list just a few.
What is SiCA?
SiCA: Steel in Construction Academy is our newest Constructalia feature. SiCA is a self-learning online platform for those in, or joining, the construction industry focussed on the use of steel as the material of choice for construction applications and required performances.
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Steel in construction
The modern high-performance construction sector is under increasing pressure to reduce waste and increase recycling by choosing the best products and technologies currently available. With steel products and technologies being inherently low waste through all stages of their life cycle, steel has its ever-increasing significance in today’s construction sector, driven by market demand for sustainable materials and procedures of the 21st century.
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Mainly, but not limited to, the major environmental benefits of steel include:
- 100% recyclability
- Minimum on-site waste due to high quality shop prefabrication
- Life cycle energy savings due to insulation and air tightness of the envelope
- A long-lasting structure that reduces the need for future building resources (zero depletion of iron resources)
A similar review of progress made in steel buildings demonstrated that:
- Steel construction is efficient, competitive, and makes a significant contribution to society.
- Construction can be quickly assembled using high-quality, nearly defect-free steel components that are efficiently manufactured off-site.
- Steel framing and envelope systems allow, together with other materials, for building design with low overall environmental impacts.
- Steel-based construction systems provide flexible spaces that have the potential to be easily modified and adapted so that the building’s life can be extended by accommodating changes in use, layout, and size.
- At the end of a building's life, steel components can be dismantled, reused, or recycled without degradation of properties.