MGMichael Guinbidferra.com·17h ago · 13 min readAISC steel shapes explained: W, HSS, C, L, WT, and how to read them off a drawingtldr: The structural steel shapes you meet on real jobs are wide flanges (W), hollow sections (HSS), channels (C), angles (L), and tees (WT). The designation on the drawing tells you the size, and for00
MGMichael Guinbidferra.com·3d ago · 10 min readSteel connection types explained: shear tabs, moment connections, gusset plates, and what they cost you in the shoptldr: For beam connections, the two main categories are simple and moment. The common types an estimator sees are shear tabs, clip angles, end plates, gusset plates, and moment connections. The type m00
MGMichael Guinbidferra.com·Jun 26 · 8 min readAI construction estimating software is built for GCs. Here's what steel estimators actually need.tldr: AI construction estimating software is booming, and most of it is genuinely good. Almost none of it is built for structural steel. Here is what the general tools do well, where they fall short o11L
