American Concrete Institute Releases 2024 ACI Collection of Concrete Codes, Specifications, and Practices
FARMINGTON HILLS, MICHIGAN (May 1, 2024) The American Concrete Institute has released the 2024 ACI Collection of Concrete Codes, Specifications, and Practices. The ACI Collection is the most comprehensive and largest single source of information on concrete design, construction, materials, and repair, with over 50 codes and specifications and more than 200 practices – including all guides and reports. The ACI Collection features ACI 318 “Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete,” AC...
AISC Expands Sustainability Focus
CHICAGO - When the design community has a question about steel, they naturally turn to the American Institute of Steel Construction. After all, AISC literally writes the specification for the design of steel buildings. In recognition of the growing importance of sustainability in design decisions, AISC has announced a major expansion of its sustainability efforts–including creating a team of three sustainability experts and working to update steel industry EPDs. “Surprisingly few people know...
New AISC/SJI Design Guide Details Rain Loads and Ponding
CHICAGO – The American Institute of Steel Construction and the Steel Joist Institute have teamed up to create a comprehensive reference volume for rain loads and ponding design. Design Guide 40, Rain Loads and Ponding provides guidance for the design of roof systems to avoid or resist water accumulation and any resulting instability. It includes an in-depth review of rain loads and ponding effects to help design professionals properly and efficiently design for ponding on roofs constructed wi...
All 50 States Give Environmentally Conscious Cement the Green Light
Every state department of transportation and the District of Columbia now permit the use of portland-limestone cement Washington, D.C., April 2, 2024 -- The Portland Cement Association (PCA), representing America’s cement manufacturers, commends the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s approval of portland-limestone cement (PLC) in its projects – a move that means the entire U.S. now accepts a lower-carbon version of a critical construction material. Developed with a higher li...
Second Edition AISC Design Guide for Hollow Structural Section Connections Now Available
CHICAGO – Design professionals now have a vastly improved resource for the design of hollow structural section (HSS) connections in the new second edition of AISC Design Guide 24, Hollow Structural Section Connections, authored by Jeffrey Packer, PEng, PhD, DSc, professor in the University of Toronto’s Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, and Kimberley Olson, PE, director of Nucor’s Construction Solutions Group. Design Guide 24, 2nd Ed. is available for download at aisc.org/dg. Like a...
AISC Releases New Version of Certification Standard (AISC 207-23)
CHICAGO - The latest version of American Institute of Steel Construction’s Standard for Certification Programs (AISC 207-23) is now available for free download on AISC’s website. The latest edition will continue to serve as the go-to reference for the AISC Certification program, setting the quality level for structural steel fabricators and erectors. It has been approved by the Certification Standards Committee and AISC’s Board of Directors. It will take effect for current program participan...
Report: Engineering Materials for a Sustainable Future
Materials influence nearly every aspect of our daily lives. While progress continues in many sectors of materials research, the accelerating rate of climate change and depletion of finite resources mandates a renewed urgency to create more options for sustainable materials in construction, chemicals, and packaging. Engineering plays a critical role at all stages of sustainable materials development, bringing focus to specific areas of research need that could generate essential innovation necess...
The ACI Foundation’s Request for Proposal on Behalf of ACI’s Innovation Task Group 93-12
The ACI Foundation is administering a request for proposal on behalf of ACI’s Innovation Task Group 93-12 - Code Requirements for Construction of Additively Constructed Walls (ITG-12). ACI has formed Innovation Task Group 93‐12 ITG‐12 (ITG‐12) to develop code requirements, design, and prescriptive provisions for additively constructed above‐grade concrete walls for residential structures for incorporation into ACI 332 and the International Residential Code (IRC). There are currently no publi...
Alcoa to supply Nexans with low-carbon aluminum, including metal from ELYSISTM technology
Alcoa will supply Nexans with low-carbon aluminum rod that will contain metal from the breakthrough ELYSIS technology ELYSISTM is a technology partnership that is ramping up a process that eliminates all direct greenhouse gas emissions from the traditional smelting process, emitting oxygen as a byproduct Aluminum rod produced from ELYSIS technology will have lower CO2 emmissions Paris, February 1, 2024 – Nexans and Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announce today that Alcoa will supply Nexans with...
New Model Specification Announced for Polypropylene Piping
More than 6,000 feet of PP-RCT piping was installed at the United States Air Force’s Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas for hot and cold potable water, non-potable HVAC heating and chilled water, plus condenser water. The pipe was selected for its greater pressure capabilities at higher temperatures than conventional PP materials. New Publication From PPI Provides Latest Specifications; Prevents Use of Outdated Information IRVING, Texas - The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) ha...
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