It has been less than four years since the 2019 publication of the foundational provisions developed to advance performance-based wind design into practice, and the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is leading the way on two additional steps forward.
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Author Archives : Donald R. Scott, P.E., S.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE
Donald R. Scott is Senior Principal at PCS Structural Solutions, SEI President-elect, and chairs the SEI Codes and Standards Executive Committee.
For many in the structural engineering industry, when we hear of the SEI standards, we automatically think of the ASCE/SEI 7, Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures, and that is where our knowledge stops. However, the Codes and Standards Activities Division (CSAD) of SEI is responsible for developing and updating twenty-five standards.
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What is it, and how is it implemented?
The recent publication of the ASCE/SEI Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design (Prestandard), and the upcoming publication of a Manual of Practice on Design and Performance of Tall Buildings for Wind prepared by an ASCE/SEI Task Committee, make this an apt time to provide an overview of the intent of these documents, the present state-of-the-art in Performance-Based Wind Design (PBWD), and current efforts to update knowledge. …
How They Affect the Practicing Engineer
The new ASCE 7-16 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures (Standard) is adopted into the 2018 International Building Code (IBC) and is now hitting your desks. The 2018 IBC and the referenced Standard are being adopted by a few jurisdictions and will become more widely used in 2019. …