Sources: Charles Pankow Foundation, McLean, Va.; CP staff The Portland Cement Association Education Foundation and Magnusson Klemencic Associates Foundation are lead supporters of a six-month, $100,000 research project, “Assembly Live Load Consistency for Buildings: Gateway to Reducing Embedded Energy.” Work will proceed under University of Colorado’s Dr. Ross B. Corotis, P.E., with cooperation of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)…
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Building Energy Efficiency in Roofing and Walls
According to the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, homes and commercial buildings consume 40 percent of the energy used in the United States. The average American spends at least $2,000 annually paying for energy, with about $200 to $400 of that bill going towards regulating temperatures caused by drafts, air leaks around openings and…
Read MorePCI opens Fire Resistance standard to comment, clarifies prescriptive vs. rational design
Sources: Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Chicago; CP staff
PCI is accepting comments through January 31 on the proposed Specification for Fire Resistance of Precast/Prestressed Concrete. The PCI MNL 124-18 standard will update 2011 design procedures and address two precast/prestressed concrete engineering approaches: “calculated” fire resistance, encompassing prescriptive provisions with tables for selecting concrete mass or protection of steel; and, “rational design,” a true fire resistance calculation procedure referenced in PCI manuals and the charter International Building Code (2000).
Read MoreConcrete interests ensure code provisions for taller wood buildings hit brick wall
Sources: CP staff; National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver Spring, Md.
Convening in Memphis for International Code Council Committee Action Hearings, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association and allied-industry representatives helped defeat a proposal allowing wood-framed structures up to nine stories—four higher than the 2015 International Building Code permits for such construction.
Read MoreICC adds cost justification, cloud collaboration to code development
Source: International Code Council, Country Club Hills, Ill.
Leading to the 2018 International Building Code and International Residential Code, the 2015/2016/2017 Code Development Cycle will be the first full interval to use cdpACCESS, ICC’s cloud-based system for code change proposals and public comment submittals, floor modification submissions and online voting.
Read MoreEngineer-friendly ACI 318-14 debuts after code’s exhaustive reorganization
Sources: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CP staff
Gathering in Washington D.C. for its fall convention, ACI officially released the completely reorganized ACI 318-14: Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete, to be referenced in 2015 International Building Code.
Read MoreACI opens 45-day 318-14 public review, adds social media twist
Sources: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CP staff
In accordance with its standardization procedure, ACI has opened public discussion for the completely reorganized ACI 318-14, “Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and Commentary,” with comments on the document relayed through an official submittal form by June 17.
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