Kruth Engineering, LLC

Larry is the owner of Kruth Engineering, LLC. He is a consultant on a broad range of consulting services for steel construction, including Steel Fabrication, Steel Erection, Safety, Quality, and Connection Design. After serving 30 years as an owner of a large steel fabrication and erection company, he was AISC Vice President of Engineering and Research until his retirement in January 2023. He has over forty years of structural engineering experience and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Michigan and Pennsylvania.

He has served on the AISC Board of Directors and as the Chair of the AISC TC-12 Quality Control & Assurance Specification Committee. He is a member of the AISC Research Committee, AISC TC-6 Connection Design Specification Committee, AISC TC-12 Quality Control & Assurance Specification Committee, AISC Full Specification Committee, AISC Structural Stainless Steel Specification Committee, AISC Manual Committee, and Chair of the Research Council on Structural Connections Specification Committee.

Larry was named the 2011 Structural Engineer of the Year by the Structural Engineers Association of Michigan. In 2023, Larry was made an Honorary Member of AISC by the Board of Directors of AISC. Only 13 others have received this award since AISC's founding in 1921.

Lawrence F. Kruth, PE
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