AISC
New Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit Standard Available for Public Review
May 1, 2020
A new AISC standard, Seismic Provisions for Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Structural Steel Buildings (AISC 342-20), will be available for public review from May 1, 2020, to June 15, 2020.
The standard will provide provisions to be used with ASCE/SEI 41 for the seismic evaluation and retrofit of existing structural steel buildings, and is expected to be incorporated into and replace Chapter 9 in the next edition of that document.
The standard is available for download on the AISC website at aisc.org/publicreview along with the review form. Copies are also available (for a $35 nominal charge) by calling 312.670.5411. Please submit comments using the form provided online or to Cynthia J. Duncan, AISC's director of engineering (duncan@aisc.org) by June 15, 2020, for consideration.
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For more information contact:
Dani Friedland
Director of Marketing Communications
773.636.8535
friedland@aisc.org
American Institute of Steel Construction
The American Institute of Steel Construction, headquartered in Chicago, is a non-partisan, not-for-profit technical institute and trade association established in 1921 to serve the structural steel design community and construction industry. AISC's mission is to make structural steel the material of choice by being the leader in structural steel-related technical and market-building activities, including specification and code development, research, education, technical assistance, quality certification, standardization, market development, and advocacy. AISC has a long tradition of service to the steel construction industry of providing timely and reliable information.
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