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Current US Building Codes

A benchmark has recently been achieved in the US in which the patchwork of building codes that previously have existed in the US are gradually being replaced by a more uniform set of codes that are nationally recognized. See the article from ICC announcing that 50 states have adopted the ICC set of codes. The ICC codes adopt many standards by reference and the ASCE A7 minimum design standard is one of them for wind. « Back to Designers and Contractors
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AAWE President, Prof. Sarkar, shared the sad news that our colleague, long-time friend, and one of the pioneers of wind engineering, Dr. Jack E....

Program announced. In the 20th anniversary year (2012) of Hurricane Andrew ATC and ASCE will host this event in Miami.

The AAWE Awards Committee has renamed a traditional quadrennial award to be the "Michael Gaus Distinguished Service Award" and created two new annual...