As construction moves towards modularization and prefabrication, adhered joints have become increasingly prevalent across civil infrastructure, particularly in automotive, naval, aerospace, engineered wood, and concrete industries. Adhered joints offer the benefits of easier application and continuity of the connection without inducing additional residual stress in the connections in the ways that traditional bolted and welded connections do. However, these benefits are largely ignored in the steel industry. This paper discusses the success of structural adhesives in heavy structural settings, highlighting the opportunities for adhered joints in heavy structural connections. A review of test standards and research on steel-to-steel connections was performed and revealed that the performance assessment of structural adhesives should be standardized. A database of available adhesives appropriate for steel-to-steel connections was compiled and analyzed herein and indicates that for increased use of structural adhesives by the steel industry, uniformity in reporting of physical and mechanical properties of adhesives by adhesive manufacturers is necessary. From this database, preliminary statistical-analysis based design objectives for adhesive steel-to-steel connections were established.