logo

Andersen & Fiene, Ltd. ~ Structural Engineers
540 Duane Street ~ Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137
office: 630.545.9200 ~ fax: 630.545.9139

Structural Engineering "Links of Interest"

Following is a short list of links related to structural engineering. This list is provided solely for the convenience of visitors to this web site. You may scroll down to see the entire list, or jump to one of the following categories:

International and National Organizations
State Organizations
Government
Codes
Magazines/Newsletters
Building Construction Related
Civil Engineering Resources/Tools
Autocad
Schools
Engineering Firm Insurance
Bigger Lists of Links

*International and National Organizations*
*General*
	ASCE	American Society of Civil Engineers.
	ASTM	American Society for Testing and Materials.
	ANSI	American National Standards Institute.
	CASE	Council of American Structural Engineers.
	AIA	The American Institute of Architects, includes The American Architectural Foundation.
	IBK	Institute of Structural Engineering in Zürich, Switzerland.
	ITE	Institute of Transportation Engineers.
	ASHRAE	American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.
	CYBER-tecture	Architecture & Building Forum on CompuServe
*Steel*
	AISC	American Institute of Steel Construction.
	SMA	Steel Manufacturers Association. Includes "Steel on the Web", an extensive list of links to steel related web sites.
	AISI	American Iron and Steel Institute.
	AWS	American Welding Society.
	SSPC	Steel Structures Painting Council.
*Concrete, Brick, and Masonry*
	ACI	American Concrete Institute.
	PCI	Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute.
	CRSI	Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute.
	NCMA	National Concrete Masonry Association.
	BIA	Brick Industry Association.
*Wood*
	APA - The Engineered Wood Association	APA (formerly American Plywood Association).
	Wood Links	Many "wood related" links, compiled and maintained by Steve Shook at the University of Washington, Seattle.
*State Organizations*
	SEAOI	Structural Engineers Association of Illinois.
	SEAOC	Structural Engineers Association of California.
	SEAoT	Structural Engineers Associations of Texas.
*Government*
	NIST	National Institute of Standards and Technology.
	OSHA	Drill down for complete text of OSHA Code of Federal Regulations Standards including 29CFR Part 1926 , "Safety and Health Regulations for Construction."
	CERL	U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories.
*Codes*
	BOCA	Building Officials and Code Administrators. Headquarters in Country Club Hills, Illinois.
	UBC	Homepage of the International Conference of Building Officials, publisher of the Uniform Building Code.
	ADA	Americans With Disabilities Act. U.S. Department of Justice "ADA" Home Page.
	NFPA	National Fire Protection Association.
*Magazines/Newsletters*
	ENR	Engineering News-Record
	Civil Engineering	Published by ASCE.
*Building Construction*
	Sweet's	"The" product catalog, by the McGraw-Hill Companies.
	The Chicago Construction Network	For companies supplying goods or services to the building and construction industry in the Chicago area..
	BuildingWeb	For companies supplying goods or services to the building and construction industry, many links.
	Bricsnet	Architecture, Engineering, and Construction building products, information, and project centerjm.
*Civil Engineering Resources/Tools*
	Civil Engineering Virtual Exposition	Sponsored by ASCE.
	iCivilEngineer	Includes a specific Structural Engineering section.
	Engineering Software Center	Very large selection of engineering software.
*Autocad/CAD Suppliers*
		Autodesk's Home Page.
	Yahoo - Autocad	Good place to start a search or just to browse.
	CADALYST	CADALYST magazine.
	CADENCE	CADENCE magazine.
	North American Cad	CAD hardware and software supplier.
	ITP	International Thomson Publishing, Books!* Enter "Autocad" in the catalog search engine for a list/description of Autocad related books.*
*Schools*
	Links to Engineering Colleges	List of links to Engineering Colleges maintained by Cornell University.
	ASCE NWU	American Society of Civil Engineers Northwestern University Student Chapter .
	CEE	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.
*Insurance*
	DPIC Companies	Design Professionals Insurance Company and others. Professional liability insurance programs for architects, engineers, accountants, etc.
*Bigger Lists of Links*
	Yahoo-Civil Engineering	Subcategories include: architecture, companies. construction, environmental engineering, events, geotechnical engineering, hydrology, institutes, journals, land surveying, organizations, structural engineering, and transportation.
	Building Industry Exchange	Large index of links for the construction & building industry.
	The WWW Virtual Library of Structural Engineering	Large list of links, well organized.
	InterPro Search Engine	For locating construction related services and products on the Internet.
	GuideMe.com-CE Sites	Links to Civil Engineering resources.
	Civil Engineering Virtual Library	Hosted by Georgia Tech.