AISC has developed the Facts for Steel Buildings series to provide important historical perspective and practical guidance on broad topics beyond the scope of AISC codes and specifications. The documents are available as PDF files. Click on the article title to directly open the article. You may then choose to save the article to your desktop. Please note that you must have the free program Acrobat Reader installed to view the articles.
Facts for Steel Buildings: Fire Facts
Intended to serve as an objective general reference and introductory primer, in a convenient question and answer format, for the benefit of engineers, architects, building code officials, owners, developers, construction managers, general contractors and the general public and others with interest in the subject. (874kB, 55 pages)
Facts for Steel Buildings: Blast and Progressive Collapse
Presents background and definitions for explosive loads and progressive collapse, general principles of blast loads and response prediction, recommendations for structures designed to resist blast and mitigate progressive collapse, recent guidelines and Federal and DoD requirements, some observations from historical events, and some information on ongoing research. (2MB, 67 pages)
