National Reference Standards Development
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technical aspects of the model buildings codes are addressed in
reference publications developed by national consensus standards
development organizations (SDO). These standards are not typically
transcribed into the body of the building code, but are referenced
in the appropriate sections of the building code. Product specification
and testing standards are not within the purview of the Codes and
Standards Department and are addressed by the Product Technology
and Standards Department.
In addition to the specific standards development activities, PCA
manages the Concrete Technology Advisory Council (CTAC) to gain
guidance from practicing industry experts. PCA’s primary standards
development work is with:
The primary standard development activities are:
Fire Resistance of Building
Elements
• Standard
Method for Determining Fire Resistance of Concrete and Masonry
Structures (ACI 216.1) is jointly published and managed with
The Masonry Society (TMS). The standard provides acceptable methods
for determining the fire resistance of concrete and masonry assemblies
and structural elements. Contact: Steve Szoke
•
Standard Calculation Methods for Structural Fire Protection (ASCE/SEI/SFPE
29) provides methods to calculate the fire resistance of structural
members and barrier assemblies using steel, concrete, wood and
masonry. These methods, published jointly by ASCE/SEI and the
Society for Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), are intended to
provide equivalent fire resistances that would have been achieved
in the ASTM E 119 standard fire test.
• Standard
Test Method for Fire Testing of Building Construction and Materials
(ASTM) E 119 is a fire-test-response standard applicable to
assemblies of structural and non-structural materials for buildings,
including bearing and other walls and partitions, columns, girders,
beams, slabs, and composite slab and beam assemblies for floors
and roofs. Contact: Mark Kluver
Structural –
Minimum Design Loads
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Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE/SEI
7) sets minimum load requirements and load combinations for
buildings and other structures for strength design and allowable
stress design. Addressed are dead, earthquake, fluids, flood,
lateral earth, live, roof, rain, snow, wind, and wind on ice loads;
weight of ice; and self-straining forces.
• Design
Loads on Structures During Construction (ASCE/SEI 37) provides
minimum design load requirements for partially completed and temporary
structures used during construction.
Structural – Load
Resistance Design
• Building
Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI 318) provides
minimum requirements for design and construction of structural
concrete. PCA work in this area is performed by the Engineered
Structures Department. Contact: Basil Rabbat
• Building
Code Requirements for Masonry Structures (ASCE 5/ACI 530/TMS 402)
provides minimum requirements for the design and construction
of elements consisting of masonry units bedded in mortar. Allowable
stress, strength, and empirical design requirements are provided.
PCA work in this area is performed by the Products Standards and
Technology Department. Contact John Melander.
• Specifications
for Masonry Structures (ASCE 6/ACI 530.1/TMS 402) is written
as the master specification and is required by the Building Code
Requirements for Masonry Structures. Minimum quality assurance
requirements for materials; placing, bonding and anchorage of
masonry units; and placement of grout and reinforcement are included.
PCA work in this area is performed by the Products Standards and
Technology Department. Contact John Melander.
• Flood
Resistant Design and Construction (ASCE/SEI 24) provides minimum
requirements for flood-resistant design and construction of structures
located in flood hazard areas, including new structures and substantial
repair or improvement to existing structures.
• Design
and Construction of Frost-Protected Shallow Foundations (ASCE/SEI
32) provides design and construction requirements to frost-protect
shallow foundations that do not extend below the design frost
depth. The standard addresses heated, unheated, and semi-heated
structures. Contact: Steve Skalko
• Standard
on Design, Construction and Performance of Storm Shelters (IS-STM)
provides technical design and performance criteria that will facilitate
and promote design, construction, and installation of safe reliable
and economical storm shelters to protect the public. This standard
is developed and managed jointly by the International Codes Council
Consensus Committee on Storm Shelters (IS-STM-CC) and National
Storm Shelter Association.
• Standard
for Hurricane Resistant Construction (IS-HRC) specifies prescriptive
methodologies of wind resistant design and construction details
for buildings and other structures of wood framed, steel framed,
concrete or masonry construction sited in hurricane prone areas.
The standard being developed is a modification of the Hurricane
Resistant Residential Construction (SSTD-10), formerly published
by the Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc., currently
referenced in the International Residential Code. Contact: Steve
Skalko
• Prescriptive Method for Design and Construction of Residential
Concrete Walls is a guide being developed to facilitate the use
of concrete wall systems in the design and construction of one-
and two-family dwellings. Prescriptive requirements are provided
for both removal form and stay-in-place form systems, the most
common of the latter being insulated concrete forms (ICF).
Thermal Performance of Buildings
• Energy
Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings (ASHRAE
90.1) provides minimum energy-efficient requirements for the
design and construction of new buildings and their systems and
criteria for determining compliance with these requirements. The
buildings addressed in this standard tend to have larger space
conditioning loads generated internally than through the building
envelope or skin. Contact: Steve Skalko
• Energy
Efficient Design of Low-Rise Residential Buildings (ASHRAE 90.2)
provides minimum energy efficiency requirements for the design
and construction of new residential dwelling units and their systems.
The buildings addressed are limited to residential structures
three-stories or less in height. These structures tend to have
space conditioning loads influenced more by the thermal performance
of the building envelope than by internal loads. Contact: Steve
Skalko
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