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The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) has posted the draft of the next edition of the Code of Standard Practice for Structural Stainless Steel Buildings (AISC 313). The new standard will ...

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The Draft South African Loading Code SANS 10160 Basis for structural design and actions for buildings and industrial structures represents a substantial revision of the present Standard SABS 0160:1989 ...

This week’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the Philippines came with scenes familiar to New Zealanders: collapsed buildings, shattered facades and streets strewn with rubble. Earthquakes of such force ...