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This code prescribes minimum design and construction requirements for mitigating thermal bridges in the building envelopes of new buildings and additions to existing buildings. It applies to buildings having concrete or masonry walls; masonry veneer, including veneer attached to frame walls; and balconies or components that extend through the building envelope. It also has criteria for metal thermal bridges in these buildings.
Author: ACI-TMS Committee 122
Publication Year: 2022
Pages: 20
Categories: Codes
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Fire resistance building elements is an important consideration in building design. While structural design considerations for concrete and masonry at ambient temperature conditions are addressed by ACI 318 and TMS 402/ACI 530/ASCE 5, respectively, these codes do not consider the impact of fire on concrete and masonry construction.
Publication Year: 2014 (Reapproved 2019)
Author: Joint ACI/TMS Committee 216
Pages: 28
Categories: Codes, Fire Resistance
This Design Specification provides material, design, and construction requirements for concrete silos, stave silos, and stacking tubes for storing granular materials, including design and construction requirements for cast-in-past or precast and conventionally reinforced or post-tensioned silos.
Author: Joint ACI/TMS Committee 313
Publication Year: 2016
Pages: 64
Categories: Codes, Shear, Silos
The "Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete" ("Code") covers the materials, design, and construction of structural concrete used in buildings and where applicable in non-building structures. The Code also covers the strength evaluation of existing concrete structures.
Author: ACI Committee 318
Publication Year: 2011
Pages: 503
Categories: Codes, Design
The "Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete" ("Code") provides minimum requirements for the materials, design, and detailing of structural concrete buildings and, where applicable, non-building structures. Technical changes from ACI 318-11 to ACI 318-14 are outlined in the May 2014 issue of Concrete International.
Publication Year: 2014
Pages: 520
The "Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete" ("Code") provides minimum requirements for the materials, design, and detailing of structural concrete buildings and, where applicable, non-building structures. The Code was substantially reorganized and reformatted in 2014, and this Code continues and expands that same organizational philosophy.
Publication Year: 2019 (Reapproved 2022)
Pages: 624
This document governs the design of thin shell concrete structures, previously presented in ACI 318-11 Chapter19. Where required for design of thin shell concrete structures, provisions of ACI 318 are to be used to compliment the provisions of this Code.
Pages: 12
This document governs the design of thin shell concrete structures. Where required for design of thin shell concrete structures, provisions of ACI 318 are to be used to compliment the provisions of this Code.
Publication Year: 2019
Pages: 16
This code covers the design and construction of cast-in-place concrete for one- and two-family dwellings and multiple single-family dwellings (townhouses), and their accessory structures. This code is written to allow for reference by adoption in a general building code without changing its language. Background details or suggestions for carrying out the requirements or intent of the code are provided in the commentary. The commentary discusses some of the considerations of the committee in developing the code with emphasis given to the explanation of provisions that may be unfamiliar to code users or where significant departure exists from other concrete codes.
Author: ACI Committee 332
Publication Year: 2020
Pages: 72
This standard covers the proper design and construction of concrete structures that form part of a nuclear power plant and that have nuclear safety-related functions, but does not cover concrete reactor vessels and concrete containment structures (as defined by Joint ACI-ASME Committee 359). The format of this Code is based on the “Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI 318-08)” and incorporates recent revisions of that standard.
Author: ACI Committee 349
Pages: 196
Categories: Codes, Nuclear
The code portion of this document covers the structural design, materials selection, and construction of environmental engineering concrete structures. Such structures are used for conveying, storing, or treating liquid or other materials such as solid waste. They include ancillary structures for dams, spill-ways, and channels. The commentary discusses some of the considerations of the committee in developing the ACI 350M Code, and its relationship with ACI 318M. Emphasis is given to the explanation of provisions that may be unfamiliar to some users of the code.
Author: ACI Committee 350
Publication Year: 2008
Pages: 485
Categories: Codes, Environmental
This Code prescribes procedures for the seismic analysis and design of liquid-containing concrete structures. These procedures address the loading side of seismic design and are intended to complement Section 1.1.9 and Chapter 13 of ACI 350-20.
Publication Year: 2021
Pages: 52
ACI CODE-355.2 prescribes testing programs and evaluation requirements for post-installed mechanical anchors intended for use in structural applications addressed by ACI 318 and subjected to static or seismic loads in tension, shear, or combined tension and shear. Criteria are prescribed for determining whether anchors are acceptable for use in uncracked concrete only, or in cracked as well as uncracked concrete.
Author: ACI Committee 355
Pages: 102
This standard prescribes testing programs and evaluation requirements for post-installed adhesive anchors intended for use in concrete under the design provisions of ACI 318. Testing and assessment criteria are provided for various conditions of use, including seismic loading; sustained loading; aggressive environments; reduced and elevated temperatures; and for determining whether anchors are acceptable for use in uncracked concrete only, or acceptable for service both in cracked and uncracked concrete.
Pages: 51
This code provides retrofit and rehabilitation criteria for reinforced concrete buildings based on results from the most recent research on the seismic performance of existing concrete buildings. The intent of this code is to provide provisions related to concrete material and concrete members, including material testing criteria, modeling parameters, and acceptance criteria for use within the ASCE 41 framework, similar to how the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) Recommended Seismic Provisions produced by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (FEMA 450) have served as source documents for the International Building Code (IBC) and its predecessor building codes. Starting in the 2023 edition, ASCE 41 references ACI 369.1 directly for concrete-related provisions. Chapter and section numbers of ASCE 41 cited in ACI 369.1 correspond to ASCE 41-17 unless otherwise noted.
Author: ACI Committee 369
Publication Year: 2023
Pages: 125
This document defines the minimum experimental evidence that can be deemed adequate to attempt to validate the use, in regions of high seismic risk or in structures assigned to satisfy high seismic performance or design categories, of weak beam/strong column moment frames not satisfying fully the prescriptive requirements of Chapter 21 of ACI 318-99. This document consists of both a Standard and a Commentary that is not part of the Standard. The document has been written in such a form that its various parts can be adopted directly into Sections 21.0, 21.1, and 21.2.1 of ACI 318-99 and the corresponding sections of ACI 318R-99.
Author: ACI Committee 374
Publication Year: 2005
Pages: 9
Categories: Codes, Seismic & Lateral Forces
This Code was developed by an ANSI-approved consensus process and addresses structural systems, members, and connections, including cast-in-place, precast, nonprestressed, and composite construction. The “Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete Reinforced with Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) Bars” (“Code”) provides minimum requirements for the materials, design, and detailing of structural concrete buildings and, where applicable, nonbuilding structures reinforced with GFRP bars that conform to the requirements of ASTM D7957-22.
Author: ACI Committee 440
Pages: 260
ACI 530/530.1-13, “Building Code Requirements and Specification for Masonry Structures and Companion Commentaries,” is a joint document between ACI, The Masonry Society (TMS), and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Beginning with the 2016 edition of this document, TMS is solely responsible for the development of this document. The 2016 edition can be purchased through the ACI Store, as well as other historical editions.
Author: Joint ACI/ASCE/TMS
Publication Year: 2013
Pages: 319
Categories: Codes, Masonry
Author: Joint ACI-ASCE Committee 550
Categories: Codes, Precast Concrete
This document prescribes testing and evaluation requirements for mechanical connections and reinforcement at joints intended for use under the design provisions of ASCE/SEI 7 and ACI 318 for precast concrete diaphragms subject to earthquake loading. These mechanical connections and reinforcement at joints transfer the vertical and in-plane forces between the precast concrete members that comprise the diaphragm, and between the diaphragm and vertical elements of the seismic-force-resisting system of the structure.
Author: ACI Committee 550
Publication Year: 2018
Pages: 18
This standard describes code requirements for the design of precast concrete diaphragms subject to earthquake motions where used under the design provisions of ASCE/SEI 7-16 Section 12.10.3 and ACI 318. The response of precast concrete diaphragms under earthquake motions depends primarily on the strength, stiffness, and deformation capacities of the connectors and the reinforcement at joints between the precast concrete members.
Pages: 24
Pages: 214
This document applies to structures in regions of high seismic risk or to structures assigned to high seismic performance or design categories. It defines the minimum experimental evidence that can be deemed to satisfy the use of unbonded post-tensioned precast structural walls (shear walls) for bearing wall and building frame special reinforced concrete shear wall systems, as defined in ASCE/SEI 7-10, when those walls do not fully satisfy the intent of the prescriptive requirements of Chapter 18 of ACI 318-14.
Author: ACI Innovation Task Group 5
This standard defines procedures that may be used to design special precast concrete shear walls, coupled or uncoupled, composed of discretely jointed precast panels that are vertically post-tensioned to the foundation with unbonded tendons. Such walls are suitable for use in regions of high seismicity and for structures assigned to high seismic design categories.
ACI CODE-562-21, “Assessment, Repair and Rehabilitation of Existing Concrete Structures—Code Requirements and Commentary,” was developed to provide design professionals a code for the assessment of the damage and deterioration, and the design of appropriate repair and rehabilitation strategies. The Code provides minimum requirements for assessment, repair, and rehabilitation of existing structural concrete buildings, members, systems and, where applicable, nonbuilding structures. ACI CODE-562-21 was specifically developed to work with the International Existing Building Code (IEBC) or to be adopted as a stand-alone code.
Author: ACI Committee 562
Pages: 88
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