AISC’s certification programs set the quality standard for the structural steel industry and are the most recognized national quality certification program. The program’s goal is to confirm to owners, the design community, the construction industry, and public officials that certified participants, who adhere to program criteria, have the personnel, organization, experience, documented procedures, knowledge, equipment, and commitment to quality to perform fabrication, manufacturing, and/or erection. AICS programs focus on the entire process of fabrication and erection, and they build quality at the start by focusing on error prevention rather than error correction.

As Part of AISC's Mission, They Emphasize:

• Increasing the structural steel industry's share of the construction market
• Unifying the industry with a common purpose
• Supporting and improving the ability of the structural steel industry to be both innovative and competitive in a worldwide construction market.

Since its establishment, AISC has conducted its numerous activities with a scrupulous sense of public responsibility. For this reason, and because of the high caliber of its staff, the Institute enjoys a close working relationship with architects, engineers, code officials and educators who recognize its professional status in the fields of specification writing, structural research, design development an performance standards.

AISC represents the total experience, judgment, and strength of the entire domestic industry of steel fabricators, distributors, and producers. The scope and success of its activities could not be achieved by any one member of the industry. The nation shares the rewards of these activities -- through better, safer, and more economical buildings, bridges, and other structures framed in structural steel.

SMARTER. STRONGER. STEEL.