ASI welcomed 1,462 attendees at ASI events, webinars and seminars throughout the year. A total of 524 people downloaded eLearning courses. Activities included:
Webinars
- Forensic Engineering Failure Investigations of Steel Structures for Legal Proceedings by forensic engineer Dr David Tawfik. More than 200 people tuned in to hear common non-compliances encountered for fabricated structural steelwork and the resulting legal obligations for builders, engineers and fabricators.
- Slabs, Footings and Tiedowns for Sheds. Jointly presented by Scott Munter and Eric Lume from the Steel Reinforcement Institute of Australia and Dr Jessey Lee from the Australian Engineered Fasteners and Anchors Council. It attracted more than 100 registrants.
- Ascertaining the Compliance of Structural Steel and Fabricated Steelwork presented by Dr Peter Key. The seminar attracted more than 50 registrants and covered the content in the current Technote TN015 on structural steel and the new Technote TN018 on structural steelwork.
- Life-cycle driven design of steel structures delivered over two days by Alper Kanyilmaz, the Associate Professor Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Milano University, Italy.
In person events
- Optimising the specification and use of protective coatings to save time, cost and the environment (sponsored and funded by AkzoNobel).
- ASI’s Dr Peter Key’s presentation on Bolting of Steel Structures (Hobson Engineering the technical partner).
- A nine-week course on Structural Steel Fabrication and Welding for Engineers featuring guest presenters, a visit to SRG Global and hands-on welding delivered by TAFE.
Library/website
Professionals continue to seek access to ASI’s world class extensive list of over 20,000+ steel related resources. 2024-2025 saw more than 900 books sold (eBooks and hard copies) and 700 library enquiries The website had 637,000 page views, with the industry directory the most viewed page (engagement rate on the directory is up by 74.7% after a restructure). The new-look Steel Australia magazine had 16,000 views in its revised online form.
eLearning
Five online eLearning courses were added to the ASI eLearning program, bringing the total to 74. A total of 524 people downloaded courses since 1 July 2024. The most popular was the free welding safety course followed by the site inspection courses. There are a further six courses in the pipeline: Induction to Basics course revamp, two sustainability courses, two webinar to eCourse conversions and a course on Bolting Standards for Supervisors.
Ten 10 eLearning Courses
