A charge from AISC on your credit card or bank statement is almost always a registration fee for an American Institute of Steel Construction seminar, webinar, conference, or continuing education course. It can also reflect an annual membership renewal or, less commonly, a fabricator or erector certification fee. The amount tells you a lot about which one: AISC seminar charges typically run from about $25 for a short on-demand course up to several hundred dollars for live sessions, with conferences and annual passes climbing into the thousands.
What the Charge Most Likely Is
Match the dollar amount on your statement to the categories below to identify what you paid for.
A charge in the $25 to $250 range is almost certainly an on-demand course or a single live webinar. On-demand courses, which are recordings of past webinars and conference sessions, are priced in tiers starting at $25 for members and $50 for non-members, moving up through $50/$100, $75/$150, $125/$200, and $175/$250 for the most comprehensive sessions on the AISC Specification and connection design.1AISC Learning. On-Demand Course Catalog A live daytime webinar runs $185 for members, $285 for non-members, and $155 for students and educators, with each registration covering one site connection.2AISC. Live AISC Reinforced Steel Members Webinar
A charge in the $250 to $950 range is likely a Night School course or a Flash Steel Conference registration. Night School is an eight-session format worth up to 12 PDH credits per course. Recent prices included $550 for members and $950 for non-members for Night School 41, and $500/$900 (with a $250 student rate) for Night School 39.3AISC Learning. Night School Course Details4AISC. Night School 39 Registration The Flash Steel Conference, an online event, has been offered at $250 for members, $500 for non-members, and $200 for students and faculty.5Informed Infrastructure. Registration Now Open for AISC’s Flash Conference
A charge of $415 or more may be NASCC: The Steel Conference, AISC’s flagship event. Member registration starts at $415 and rises each week after registration opens.6AISC. Registration Open for NASCC 2026 The 10th International Workshop on Connections in Steel Structures, a specialized July 2026 event, runs $495 early-bird, $545 regular, and $595 late or onsite.7AISC. 10th International Workshop on Connections in Steel Structures
A charge between $550 and $6,100 is likely a LearningPass annual subscription, which bundles live and on-demand content for the calendar year. The 2026 pricing runs $620 for a single professional member, $990 for 2–6 people, $1,700 for 7–19, $2,400 for 20–99, $4,500 for 100–499, and $6,100 for firms of 500 or more. Retired members pay $550 and full members pay $990.8AISC. 2026 LearningPass
A charge of $140 to $1,250 that recurs annually is likely a Professional Membership renewal rather than a seminar at all. Dues start at $140 for an individual and rise with firm size up to $1,250 for firms of 500 to 1,000 people.9AISC. Professional Member Application
A charge in the thousands, particularly $2,000 or above, is likely tied to AISC’s fabricator or erector certification program rather than a seminar. These programs are separate from continuing education; base fees for domestic member fabricators range from $4,160 to $7,970 depending on firm size, with a $2,000 non-refundable initial application fee on top.10AISC. Domestic Fabricator Certification Fees
Why Your Price Differs From Someone Else’s
Membership status is the single biggest factor in what you pay. Non-members typically pay roughly double what members pay for the same seminar. A live webinar is $185 for a member and $285 for a non-member. An on-demand course at the top tier runs $175 for a member and $250 for a non-member. Night School runs several hundred dollars more for non-members than members on the same course.
Students and educators pay the least. A live webinar is $155 at the student rate, and student AISC members attend NASCC free with up to $175 in travel reimbursement available.11AISC. Students and Faculty at NASCC12NASCC. NASCC Student Information Recent graduates may qualify for Emerging Professional Membership, a three-year complimentary membership for people with a degree in engineering, architecture, or construction earned within the past three years and fewer than three years of professional experience, which carries the same seminar discounts as paid membership.13AISC. Emerging Professional Members
Group and firm-size pricing matters too. A single live webinar registration covers everyone at one office location watching together, so one $185 charge can represent credit for a whole team. Night School 39 offered a group rate of $1,480 for members and $2,280 for non-members. And once a firm buys a LearningPass, individuals on that firm’s roster see a $0 registration option for all covered live events for the rest of the year, so a seminar you registered for through work may show no charge at all.
If the Charge Looks Wrong or You Don’t Recognize It
Compare the amount against the ranges above first. If it matches a seminar type you or someone on your firm’s roster registered for, that is almost certainly the explanation, since a single registration can be made by one person on behalf of a group or office. If the charge still doesn’t line up, or if you never authorized a registration or membership, contact AISC directly to ask for an itemized explanation of what the charge covers. Keep in mind that some AISC content, including free webinars on crane safety and rigging and view-only recordings of past conference sessions, carries no fee and would not appear on a statement at all, so a charge indicates a paid product rather than access to free material.