Chicago Building Code and AISC
Chicago Building Code and AISC
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Is it really required to use AISC ASD 9th or AISC LRFD 1st edition for design in Chicago? I am doing a composite steel podium floor on an 7 story light gage steel structure. Can I not use the "latest and greatest" when it comes to design standards?






RE: Chicago Building Code and AISC
RE: Chicago Building Code and AISC
RE: Chicago Building Code and AISC
RE: Chicago Building Code and AISC
RE: Chicago Building Code and AISC
AISC would have no say in it.
However, the issue with using the older AISC specification is that there might be new provisions that cover older provisions that were unconservative.
In those cases you can always be more conservative than the adopted provisions...you just can't legally go below them.
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RE: Chicago Building Code and AISC
But JAE is correct--if you exceed code requirements, there should not be a problem.
DaveAtkins
RE: Chicago Building Code and AISC
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), the design, fabrication and erection of structural steel shall be in accordance with the requirements of the following document: Structural Steel Buildings – Allowable Stress Design and Plastic Design, AISC, 1989 Edition or Load and Resistance Factor Design Specification for Structural Steel Buildings, AISC, 1986 Edition.
Don.t work in that area but from the Chicago Building Department website.
Chicago Building Code