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Maeden said fabricated steel usually costs about $3,000 a ton. “And students will be walking by it every day and can look at it on their own,” Spaeth added. “We will absolutely be going outside as a whole class to look at the examples,” he said. Vesperman noted that there are dozens of different steel members, weld groups and connection elements used in steel construction, and while the sculpture doesn’t feature them all, it has the ones most commonly used. Harris Rebar donated materials for the concrete base and Evan Berglund of Krech Ojard provided engineering review services. Then Merrill assembled the parts according to an engineered design based on model designs from AISC. (an AISC member) which donated its galvanizing services. Merrill Steel donated and fabricated the steel and handed it off to AZZ Galvanizing in Winsted, Minn. “They were all on board in providing a teaching opportunity to the school,” he said. Meaden said he approached the company’s three principal owners.

“We have about 12 CVTC graduates and try to hire one or two from each graduating class.” “We hire exclusively out of CVTC’s program for our steel detailing group,” said James Meaden, detailing and document control manager for Merrill Steel. (an AISC member and certified fabricator). The steel fabrication was donated by Merrill Steel of Schofield, Wis. Spaeth and Vesperman worked through the program’s advisory committee and the CVTC Foundation to secure donations. When the program moved to the Energy Education Center this year, CVTC President Bruce Barker gave the go-ahead to pursue the project. However, logistics problems prevented the placement of a sculpture there. Students first approached Spaeth about a sculpture in 2006, when the program, then called Civil Engineering, was located at the Business Education Center. Our students were asking for one because they were having trouble visualizing the connections.” “The first one was in Gainesville, Florida in 1986. “These sculptures were created for their instructional value,” said Keith Vesperman, an instructor in the program. “It will help students visualize the connections they are learning about in the classroom.” “The sculpture shows the different ways steel beams can be joined, along with different welds and fasteners,” said Al Spaeth, program director of CVTC’s Architectural Structural Design program.

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The sculpture, standing nine feet tall and eight feet deep and wide, consists of a series of galvanized steel beams connected in varying angles with varying connection methods.

Modern Steel Construction - February 2018 NewsĬhippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC) in Eau Claire, Wis., recently installed a 1.5-ton steel teaching sculpture on the grounds of its Energy Education Center.