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Use this feature to make sure the shapes you're specifying are currently available.

Availability in general is summarized in the following links:

• Hot-Rolled Structural Shapes -- W-, M-, S- and HP-shapes, channels (C and MC) and angles (L). Use this list from the AISC's Modern Steel Construction magazine as a general guide to availability.
• Hollow Structural Sections (HSS) and Steel Pipe (P) -- same thing, just for hollow sections.

Also, you might want to look here:

• Shape availability -- from a few steel service centers that pay to be listed in AISC's web site.
• Steel Service Centers -- check directly with the service centers listed at the links in our feature.

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