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Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures

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  • Prepared by the Committee on Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures of the Codes and Standards Activities Division of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE

    Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures, ASCE 7-16, provides the most up-to-date and coordinated loading standard for general structural design. ASCE 7-16 describes the means for determining design loads including dead, live, soil, flood, tsunami, snow, rain, atmospheric ice, earthquake, wind, and fire, as well as how to assess load combinations. The 2016 edition of ASCE 7, which supersedes Standard ASCE/SEI 7-10, coordinates with the most recent material standards, including ACI, AISC, AISI, AWC, and TMS standards. Significant changes in ASCE 7-16 include the following:

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    New seismic maps reflecting the updated National Seismic Hazard Maps;

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    New wind speed maps including new Hawaii maps that result in reduced wind speeds for much of the United States, clarified special wind study zones, and separate Risk Category IV from Category III;

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    New snow load maps incorporating regional snow data for areas that previously required site-specific case study zones;

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    Updated rain duration provisions that align design requirements with International Plumbing Code provisions for drainage;

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    Entirely new chapter covering tsunami design provisions, which are important to Alaska, Hawaii, California, Oregon, and Washington; and

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    New appendix provisions for fire design.

    Standard provisions are accompanied by a detailed commentary with explanatory and supplementary information developed to assist users of the standard, including design practitioners, building code committees, and regulatory authorities.

    Standard ASCE/SEI 7 is an integral part of building codes in the United States and is adopted by reference into the International Building Code, the International Existing Building Code, the International Residential Code, and the NFPA 5000 Building Construction and Safety Code.

    Structural engineers, architects, and those engaged in preparing and administering local building codes will find the structural load requirements essential to their practice.

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Front Matter for Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures
i–liii
    Chapter 1 General
    1–5
    Chapter 2 Combinations of Loads
    7–9
    Chapter 3 Dead Loads, Soil Loads, and Hydrostatic Pressure
    11–12
    Chapter 4 Live Loads
    13–19
    Chapter 5 Flood Loads
    21–23
    Chapter 6 Tsunami Loads and Effects
    25–50
    Chapter 7 Snow Loads
    51–64
    Chapter 8 Rain Loads
    65–65
    Chapter 9 Reserved for Future Provisions
    67–67
    Chapter 10 Ice Loads—Atmospheric Icing
    69–76
    Chapter 11 Seismic Design Criteria
    77–87
    Chapter 12 Seismic Design Requirements for Building Structures
    89–119
    Chapter 13 Seismic Design Requirements for Nonstructural Components
    121–134
    Chapter 14 Material-Specific Seismic Design and Detailing Requirements
    135–143
    Chapter 15 Seismic Design Requirements for Nonbuilding Structures
    145–161
    Chapter 16 Nonlinear Response History Analysis
    163–166
    Chapter 17 Seismic Design Requirements for Seismically Isolated Structures
    167–179
    Chapter 18 Seismic Design Requirements for Structures with Damping Systems
    181–196
    Chapter 19 Soil–Structure Interaction for Seismic Design
    197–202
    Chapter 20 Site Classification Procedure for Seismic Design
    203–204
    Chapter 21 Site-Specific Ground Motion Procedures for Seismic Design
    205–207
    Chapter 22 Seismic Ground Motion, Long-Period Transition, and Risk Coefficient Maps
    209–236
    Chapter 23 Seismic Design Reference Documents
    237–239
    Chapter 24 Reserved for Future Provisions
    241–241
    Chapter 25 Reserved for Future Provisions
    243–243
    Chapter 26 Wind Loads: General Requirement
    245–271
    Chapter 27 Wind Loads on Buildings: Main Wind Force Resisting System (Directional Procedure)
    273–310
    Chapter 28 Wind Loads on Buildings: Main Wind Force Resisting System (Envelope Procedure)
    311–320
    Chapter 29 Wind Loads on Building Appurtenances and Other Structures: Main Wind Force Resisting System (Directional Procedure)
    321–332
    Chapter 30 Wind Loads: Components and Cladding
    333–387
    Chapter 31 Wind Tunnel Procedure
    389–390
    Appendix 11A Quality Assurance Provisions (Deleted)
    391–391
    Appendix 11B Existing Building Provisions
    393–393
    Appendix C Serviceability Considerations
    395–395
    Appendix D Buildings Exempted from Torsional Wind Load Cases
    397–399
    Appendix E Performance-Based Design Procedures for Fire Effects on Structures
    401–402
    Commentary to Standard ASCE/SEI 7-16
    403–822
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    Index for Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures
    Index-1–Index-12
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      Errata for Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures
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        Supplement 1 for Standard 7-16, Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures
        S1–S16
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          Supplement 2 for Standard 7-16, Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures
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            Supplement 3 for Standard 7-16, Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures
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