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.

• See the ITC announcement on 50 state adoption of the ICC codes
• The ICC bookstore from which the ICC codes may be obtained

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The 15th AWES Workshop will be in Sydney next year. A wind load handbook and seminar will be part of the event.

The ASCE Technical Council on Wind Engineering has generated this brief White Paper on future wind-engineering research needs.

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

The Cyclone Testing Station at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, has issued this report on a major cyclone in early 2011.

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