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Screenshot of STI’s HSS Availability Tool showing ASTM A500 square HSS sizes in a color-coded production availability heatmap.

HSS Insider – September 2026 – Transverse Elements to HSS

Hollow Structural Sections

This issue of HSS Insider is all about design tools, with resources to check HSS availability, calculate axial compression capacit…

Cover of the Steel Tube Institute article on the reliability of the plate local yielding limit state in HSS connections.

HSS Insider – August 2026 – Transverse Elements to HSS

Hollow Structural Sections

Connection limit states are the focus this month. With 3 new HSS connection resources, this issue covers the reliability of the pl…

Uneven load Effective Width in Rectangular HSS Connections

Effective Width in Rectangular HSS Connections

Hollow Structural Sections

STI has released a new two-page resource, Effective Width in Rectangular HSS Connections, explaining how to find the effective wid…

Close-up of a transverse steel plate welded to the face of a rectangular HSS column in a structural connection.

Transverse Elements-to-HSS: Reliability of the Plate Local Yielding Limit State

Hollow Structural Sections

Transverse plate-to-HSS connections depend on plate local yielding provisions to determine their available strength. Drawing on ex…

image 3 High-Performance Raceways for Electrical Systems: Specifier Resources

High-Performance Raceways for Electrical Systems: Specifier Resources

Steel Conduit

These two resources help design teams make the case for high-performance steel raceways and write them into construction documents…

Not All Tubular Connections Are Welded Equal

HSS Insider – June 2026 – HSS Welding

Hollow Structural Sections

In this issue of HSS Insider, learn how AWS D1.1 welding qualification requirements apply to common HSS connections and explore a…

HSS Welding Position Reference - thumnbail

HSS Welding Position Reference

Hollow Structural Sections

Plate test or tubular? For HSS connections, the answer isn’t always obvious — and an unnecessary tubular requirement costs time …

Not All Tubular Connections Are Welded Equal

Not All Tubular Connections are Welded Equal

Hollow Structural Sections

AWS D1.1 packs a lot into a few clauses — and the logic of plate versus tubular qualification isn’t obvious on a first read. Thi…

Additive Manufacturing for Tubular Structures cover

HSS Insider – May 2026 – 3D Printing

Hollow Structural Sections

This HSS Insider issue explores how additive manufacturing is creating new opportunities for tubular steel construction and com…

Large-scale WAAM node for connection to tubular members

Additive Manufacturing for Tubular Structures

Hollow Structural Sections

Additive manufacturing (AM), also known simply as 3D printing, is a digitized procedure that uses a sliced computer-aided design (…

HSS Articles Authored by Dr. Jeffrey A. Packer

An international authority and a leading expert in the field of tubular steel structures. Dr. Jeffrey A. Packer has contributed several technical articles on behalf of STI to assist practicing engineers and architects in HSS design.

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