Although the loading provisions were easy to understand and interpret, they were not sufficient. There have been many editorials written about the misery that ASCE 7 has brought to the practice of structural engineering, yet I do not recall ever seeing an editorial extolling the virtues of the standard.When I first started practicing forty years ago, the building code section on structural loading was somewhat brief and only filled a few pages. If you get more than two structural engineers in a room, it is only a matter of time before they start complaining about the latest edition of ASCE 7 and the misery that it has brought to their practice.Has ASCE 7 improved the practice of structural engineering or the lives of structural engineers? The answer is easy and not particularly controversial. I was particularly amused to see the way that the structural engineering community has rallied in defense of a standard that they openly despise. A Long Overdue Wake-up CallI have been watching, with some interest as the recent drama unfolded, the effort to block the adoption of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ ASCE 7-16 into the 2018 International Building Code (IBC).
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