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This standard provides useful information for implementing operational hail suppression activities, including the successful design, conduct, and evaluation of such efforts. Because the effects for seeding clouds ...

Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures gives the latest consensus requirements for dead, live, soil, flood, wind, snow, rain, ice, and earthquake loads, as well as their combinations, which are suitable for inclusion in building codes ...

Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Stainless Steel Structural Members provides design criteria for the determination of the strength of stainless steel structural members and connections for use in buildings and other statically loaded ...

Standard Guideline for the Collection and Depiction of Existing Subsurface Utility Data presents a credible system for classifying the quality of utility location information that is placed in design plans. When subsurface utilities are discovered during ...

This standard provides minimum design load requirements during construction for buildings and other structures. It addresses partially completed structures and temporary structures used during construction. The loads specified are suitable for use either ...

Automated People Mover Standards establishes the minimum requirements for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of an automated people mover (APM) system. An APM is defined as a guided transit mode with fully automated operation, featuring ...

Guidelines for Quality Assurance of Installed Fine-Pore Aeration Equipment provides techniques and guidance for use in developing quality assurance requirements for specifying fine-pore aeration equipment. ...

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Standard Construction Guidelines for Microtunneling covers the ...

This standard addresses the design and construction of frost-protected shallow foundations in areas subject to seasonal ground freezing. Foundation insulation requirements to protect heated and unheated buildings from frost heave are presented in easy-to-...

Standard Guidelines for Artificial Recharge of Ground Water describes the steps necessary to plan, design, construct, maintain, operate, and close a project for artificial recharge of groundwater. The recharge may be accomplished either by applying water ...

This standard provides the most up-to-date model for comprehensive water quality planning and management of shared water resources. Based on the concept of shared sovereignty, this model agreement is appropriate ...

Standard Practice for Direct Design of Precast Concrete Box Sections for Jacking in Trenchless Construction provides the latest in design and recommended installation procedures for precast concrete box ...

Standard Practice for Direct Design of Buried Precast Concrete Pipe Using Standard Installations focuses on the direct design of buried precast concrete pipe using Standard Installations (SIDD). This standard, ...

Standard Practice for Direct Design of Buried Precast Concrete Box Sections covers the direct design of buried one-cell precast reinforced concrete box sections to convey sewage, industrial wastes, storm water ...

Standard Practice for Direct Design of Precast Concrete Pipe for Jacking in Trenchless Construction covers design and recommended installation procedures for precast concrete pipe for jacking in trenchless ...

A variety of factorsochanging economic conditions, concern for historic preservation, emphasis on fully utilizing conveniently located structures, space shortages, and increasing cost of materials and products used in the construction of new ...

Guideline for Condition Assessment of the Building Envelope provides a guideline and methodology for assessing the condition and performance of existing building envelope systems and components, as well as identifying problematic and dysfunctional ...

Flood Resistant Design and Construction provides minimum requirements for design and construction of structures located in flood hazard areas. These requirements apply to construction related to structures, including subsequent work to such structures, ...

Seismic Analysis of Safety-Related Nuclear Structures provides requirements to determine the reliability of safety-related nuclear structures under earthquake motions. This Standard is applicable to analyses of ...

This Standard provides requirements for the design of guyed and self-supporting latticed steel electrical transmission structures. The requirements are applicable for hot-rolled and cold-formed steel shapes. Analysis techniques are outlined for the ...