IQ Winter 2014 - (Page 2)
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
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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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