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MADE IN AMERICA "If you can draw it, we will build it. In steel." Dakota Brewer. Dale Brue. Steel Fabricators. "You got to appreciate what you do, and like doing it," Brue says. "Otherwise, what's the purpose? We're tryin' to teach the new guys what we do, and we do it in steel." They lay out beams, holes, cuts, angles and where the plates go on. Fabricate big box beams with three-, four-inch flanges. A 29ton piece not uncommon. Couldn't even tell you how many tons fabricated since 1976 when Dale started at Zalk Josephs Fabricators. He gets up early. 3 AM. Never been late. Never. They say compound miters are tough, but they handle them. Steel's forgiving. Weld it up, fill in little gaps. Proud of every one of their jobs. Like Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. When the boss sold the project, Zalk came up with an innovative scheme: using cables to support the 14th, 15th and 16th floor. Shaved a couple of months off the duration of the project because of it. Dakota Brewer. Dale Brue. Made in America. Like the steel they fabricate. There's always a solution in steel. 312.670.2400 www.aisc.org/madeinamerica http://www.aisc.org/madeinamerica

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of IQ Winter 2014

leadership reflections
legislative update
project of the year
DBIA survey
design-build best practices
design winners
nationalo design-build student competition

IQ Winter 2014

IQ Winter 2014 - (Page 1)
IQ Winter 2014 - (Page 2)
IQ Winter 2014 - (Page 3)
IQ Winter 2014 - (Page 4)
IQ Winter 2014 - leadership reflections (Page 5)
IQ Winter 2014 - leadership reflections (Page 6)
IQ Winter 2014 - legislative update (Page 7)
IQ Winter 2014 - project of the year (Page 8)
IQ Winter 2014 - project of the year (Page 9)
IQ Winter 2014 - DBIA survey (Page 10)
IQ Winter 2014 - DBIA survey (Page 11)
IQ Winter 2014 - DBIA survey (Page 12)
IQ Winter 2014 - DBIA survey (Page 13)
IQ Winter 2014 - design-build best practices (Page 14)
IQ Winter 2014 - design-build best practices (Page 15)
IQ Winter 2014 - design-build best practices (Page 16)
IQ Winter 2014 - design winners (Page 17)
IQ Winter 2014 - design winners (Page 18)
IQ Winter 2014 - design winners (Page 19)
IQ Winter 2014 - nationalo design-build student competition (Page 20)
IQ Winter 2014 - nationalo design-build student competition (Page 21)
IQ Winter 2014 - nationalo design-build student competition (Page 22)
IQ Winter 2014 - nationalo design-build student competition (Page 23)
IQ Winter 2014 - nationalo design-build student competition (Page 24)
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