Neal S. Anderson, P.E., S.E., is a Staff Consultant at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. in their new Chicago office. He is involved with anchorage issues through his participation on ACI 355 – Anchorage to Concrete, ACI 318-B – Reinforcement, and ACI 318 – Structural Concrete Building Code. Neal may be reached at nsanderson@sgh.com.
Formal concrete anchorage design provisions first appeared in ACI 318-02 as Appendix D, with applications limited to cast-in-place anchors and post-installed mechanical expansion anchors. …