American Petroleum Institute's pressure vessel and tank committee recently concluded a 5-year effort to revise Standard 650 that provides design rules for reasonable margins against failure of ...

In a pair of new podcasts, BD+C Managing Editor Dave Barista asked two industry professionals to pick their favorite new products and programs from the recent Greenbuild show in Chicago. HOK’s John ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology started working toward its goal of a wind-load standard for tornado-resistant design after a tornado devastated Joplin, Mo., on May 22, 2011. A ...

Several significant updates have been added to the new edition of Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures, Standards ASCE/SEI 7-16. The recently released ...

The Tilt-Up Concrete Association is offering it, having decided to endorse ASCE/SEI 7-10, Minimum Design Loads of Buildings and Other Structures, as the standard for temporary bracing of tilt panels ...