Load Combinations Lead to Efficiencies Nov, 2006 By John “Buddy” Showalter, P.E. and Robert J. Taylor, Ph.D., P.Eng., Assoc.AIA In Articles, Code Updates LRFD versus ASD for Wood Design This article is currently only available in PDF format, please click the link to the top right. About the author ⁄ John “Buddy” Showalter, P.E.John “Buddy” Showalter is a Senior Staff Engineer with the International Code Council (bshowalter@iccsafe.org) Prev Detailing to Prevent Progressive Collapse… Next Should Your Client Be a Named Insured?