2025 HSS SUMMIT
Session
Leveraging Steel Castings in HSS Structures: Innovating for Design and Constructability
Description:
This presentation explores the transformative role of steel castings in Hollow Structural Section (HSS) structures, focusing on the geometric freedom of casting design to improve structural performance, enhance architectural freedom, and innovate constructability methods. Attendees will learn how precision-engineered cast steel components can integrate with HSS structures to simplify complex connections, improve fabrication, and explore new possibilities in architectural and structural solutions.
By exploring real-world case studies, this course introduces creative approaches using steel castings that pioneer HSS constructability unmatched by conventional methods. Project examples will also consider the tolerance and performance benefits of using castings in complex connection geometries and demanding structural designs. This presentation provides valuable strategies for engineers, architects, fabricators and contractors to innovate HSS structures with steel castings to achieve efficiency, performance and innovation.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the structural and architectural advantages of steel castings in HSS systems.
- Identify key applications where steel castings simplify fabrication, improve constructability, and enhance performance in HSS structures.
- Review case studies which demonstrate successful implementation in real-world HSS projects.
- Recognize opportunities for steel casting use in critical structures and connections.
PDH credits: 1.0
Speaker:
Suzy Rajamoney, P.E., S.E., Technical Sales Specialist, Cast Connex
About Suzy:
Suzy Rajamoney, P.E., S.E., is the South-Central technical sales specialist for Cast Connex. She received her Bachelors in Civil Engineering with a focus in Structural Engineering from North Dakota State University. Before joining Cast Connex, Suzy was a consulting structural engineer at HKS, where she gained experience in design and construction. Notable projects in Suzy’s portfolio prior to Cast Connex include The Epic in Grand Prairie, TX, Struder Family Children’s Hospital in Pensacola, FL, Charles & Virginia Hickman Hospital in Adrian, MI, and Texas Health Harris Methodist Surgery Tower in Fort Worth, TX. Suzy is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas and a licenced structural engineer in the state of Oklahoma. Suzy currently resides in Dallas, where she provides support to architects and engineers who specify Cast Connex products and services.