DO YOU DESIGN REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES?

Advanced Materials & Composites News,  August, 2001  

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Structural engineers who design and detail concrete structures for many areas of the U.S. have never had to deal with design and detailing requirements that apply to moderate and severe seismic zones on the West Coast. But that may change due to major revisions of seismic provisions that first appeared in the International Building Code, IBC 2000.

If you don't normally consider seismic forces because you're designing structures for specific locations of low seismic risk, you may soon have to. That's because of revisions in the way seismic design criteria are determined. ...

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