About Stahlbau Heute

Stahlbau Heute

Stahlbau Heute is a German quarterly trade magazine for the steel construction industry, published in Wiesbaden by the Verlagsgruppe Wiederspahn with MixedMedia Konzepts. With ISSN 2568-3322, it appears four times a year at the end of each quarter, reaching the members of the steel construction associations, steel building companies, galvanizers, and fire protection firms. It continues the tradition of the Stahlbau-Nachrichten association journal (1971-2017) and positions itself as the practice-oriented counterpart to the scientific steel construction press, documenting the industry's projects, materials, and standards in themed issues.

Overview

Stahlbau Heute appears four times a year, each issue at the end of a quarter, in DIN A4 format with a print run of 6,000 copies and a distributed circulation of 5,760. The single issue costs 12 euros, the annual subscription 48 euros domestically and 52 euros abroad. The editor-in-chief is Dipl.-Ing. Michael Wiederspahn, who is also a board member of the AIV Wiesbaden, the architects' and engineers' association of the state capital; the editorial office is led by Elisabeth Wiederspahn, advertising by Ulla Leitner, and graphics by Birgit Brault. Printing is handled by the Görres-Druckerei in Neuwied, and the magazine is produced in offset printing with adhesive binding.

The magazine's readership is the practicing steel construction industry: all members of the German steel construction association, large and medium-sized steel building companies, the hot-dip galvanizing industry, companies active in fire protection, the members of the Austrian steel construction association, and planners, engineers, and architects in private practice and public administration. The 2025 issues illustrate the thematic range: "Steel and Concrete," "Steel and Glass," "Steel and Wood," and "Steel and Masonry" in the eighth volume, preceded by "Green Steel," "Steel in Composite," "Steel for Art," "Sustainable Building with Steel," "Building with Steel," "Halls and Containers," and "Parking, Refueling, Resting." Each issue is built around a material pairing or a practice theme, giving the quarterly a clear, accessible structure that readers can collect as a reference library on steel construction practice.

The magazine's readership is the practicing steel construction industry: all members of the German steel construction association, large and medium-sized steel building companies, the hot-dip galvanizing industry, companies active in fire protection, the members of the Austrian steel construction association, and planners, engineers, and architects in private practice and public administration. The 2025 issues illustrate the thematic range: "Steel and Concrete," "Steel and Glass," "Steel and Wood," and "Steel and Masonry" in the eighth volume, preceded by "Green Steel," "Steel in Composite," and "Steel for Art." Each issue is built around a material pairing or a practice theme, giving the quarterly a clear, accessible structure.

History

Stahlbau Heute continues the Stahlbau-Nachrichten, the association journal of the German steel construction association published by Wiederspahn in Wiesbaden from 1971 (in its documented run 2007-2017 under ISSN 0176-3083). The Nachrichten served the association's members for decades as their internal communication channel: project news, association announcements, and industry information in a compact format. When the Nachrichten ceased at the end of 2017, the Wiederspahn publishing group launched Stahlbau Heute in March 2018 as its successor, carrying forward the association readership and the practice-oriented editorial line while giving the title a fresh, themed-issue identity. The KIT library catalog records the succession explicitly: Stahlbau Heute continues the Stahlbau-Nachrichten.

The Verlagsgruppe Wiederspahn, based at Biebricher Allee 11b, 65187 Wiesbaden, is a specialist publishing house for the construction and steel industries, publishing with MixedMedia Konzepts. Under Michael Wiederspahn's editorship, the magazine has developed its characteristic format of themed issues pairing steel with other materials and construction topics: "Building with Steel," "Sustainable Building with Steel," "Parking in the City," "Women Plan and Build with Steel," and the 2025 material pairings. The "Women Plan and Build with Steel" issue of 2021 addressed the industry's gender dimension, a notable editorial choice in a traditionally male-dominated trade. The December 2025 issue, number 4/2025, confirms the magazine's continued quarterly rhythm into its eighth volume.

The Verlagsgruppe Wiederspahn, based at Biebricher Allee 11b, 65187 Wiesbaden, is a specialist publishing house for the construction and steel industries. Under Michael Wiederspahn's editorship, the magazine has developed its characteristic format of themed issues pairing steel with other materials and construction topics: "Building with Steel," "Sustainable Building with Steel," "Parking in the City," "Women Plan and Build with Steel," and the 2025 material pairings. The December 2025 issue, number 4/2025, confirms the magazine's continued quarterly rhythm into its eighth volume.

Coverage and Content

Each issue of Stahlbau Heute is organized around a central theme, typically pairing steel with another material or a construction task: steel and concrete, steel and glass, steel and wood, steel and masonry, green steel, steel in composite construction. The coverage addresses the practice of steel building companies: project reports, product and system presentations, standards and regulatory developments, and association news. The 2024 "Green Steel" issue addressed the decarbonization of steel production, one of the industry's defining challenges, while "Steel for Art" explored steel's role in sculpture and architecture beyond pure engineering. The thematic structure makes each issue a reference on its topic, useful for planners and builders facing that specific material combination.

The magazine serves as a communication channel between the steel construction associations and their members, carrying association announcements alongside independent editorial content. Its advertisers come from the steel industry's supply chain: steel producers and traders, system providers, coating and galvanizing companies, machinery manufacturers, and fire protection specialists. The advertising rate card, published as media data, offers the full range of print advertising formats with rebates for advance bookings, reflecting the magazine's role as a business-to-business medium. The practice orientation distinguishes it from the scientific Stahlbau journal of Ernst & Sohn: where that title publishes first-publication research papers, Stahlbau Heute reports on what the industry builds and how.

Organization and Ownership

Stahlbau Heute is published by the Verlagsgruppe Wiederspahn with MixedMedia Konzepts, Biebricher Allee 11b, 65187 Wiesbaden. The editor-in-chief is Dipl.-Ing. Michael Wiederspahn; the editorial office contact is kontakt@verlagsgruppewiederspahn.de. Advertising is handled by Ulla Leitner at leitner@stahlbauheute.de, and the media data document the magazine's advertising formats, from full-page ads to bound inserts and loose supplements, with advance-booking discounts for multiple insertions. The publishing group also operates the verlagsgruppewiederspahn.eu portal, where current issues are presented. Financial details are not publicly confirmed.

Digital Presence

Stahlbau-heute.de presents the magazine's current issues, with the latest edition available on the website, alongside the publishing group's portal. The magazine is available in print and digital editions, with digital subscriptions offered alongside the print annual subscription, and readers are invited to read each issue wherever and whenever they like. The publisher's site hosts the media data and issue previews. Social media and newsletter activity are not publicly confirmed in detail.

The Practitioner's Steel Journal

Stahlbau Heute has carried the steel construction industry's association journalism from the Stahlbau-Nachrichten era into the present: a quarterly, practice-oriented magazine that speaks the language of the steel builder. Its themed issues on steel's material partnerships give the industry a steady, accessible chronicle of what building with steel means today, and its reach into the association memberships, the galvanizing trade, and the fire protection sector makes it one of the trade's most widely read communication channels, sustaining the association tradition into the digital era.