Business View Magazine | December 2020

77 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2020 AMER I CAN I RON AND STEEL INST I TUTE support the construction and auto markets. Staff of those market programs are often engineers and technical experts who work in the construction codes and standards field and/or who collaborate on projects with our partners in the automotive industry, respectively. The industry is constantly evolving to remain operationally efficient and sustainable and to respond to the changing needs of the marketplace. There was significant consolidation in the industry following the steel import crises of the late 1990s and early 2000s. In recent years, significant investment has taken place to upgrade existing facilities and add new, more efficient capacity. The implementation of national security tariffs and quotas on imports of foreign steel into the U.S. market in 2018 helped level the competitive playing field, giving American steelmakers the confidence to undertake these investments. STEEL–FRAMED STRUCTURES ARE INHERENTLY DUCTILE AND ABLE TO ABSORB ENERGY PRODUCED BY EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOVEMENT AND WIND BY "FLEXING" OR “DEFLECTING” IN VARYING DEGREES CAN ADDRESS THE OWNER'S DESIRE TO MAINTAIN SELECT BUILDING FUNCTIONS AFTER A DISASTER STEEL'S INHERENT RESILIENCE, COUPLED WITH WELL-INFORMED DESIGN DECISIONS, MAKE STEEL AN INHERENTLY RESILIENT DESIGN MATERIAL, AND A COST-EFFECTIVE CHOICE FOR THE FULL LIFE CYCLE OF A BUILDING STRENGTH NON- COMBUSTIBILITY DURABILITY STEEL HAS SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGES IN NATURAL DISASTERS SUCH AS HURRICANES AND EARTHQUAKES AND IN OTHER EXTREME EVENTS LIKE FIRE AND BLAST FOR ADDITIONAL STRENGTH AND TO ACCOMMODATE UNANTICIPATED TENSION FORCES AND PREVENT DISPROPORTIONATE COLLAPSE STEEL CONSTRUCTION UTILIZES SECURE CONNECTIONS AND RELIABLE FASTENING TECHNOLOGIES Construction professionals choose steel when they need to be sure their buildings are able to not only survive a major event, but adapt and recover to continue operating as designed. RESILIENCE & STRENGTH Steel.org