Key Changes in the 2019 Edition of the ACI Building Code (ACI 318-19)
Key Changes in the 2019 Edition of the ACI Building Code (ACI 318-19)
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2019 年版 ACI 建筑规范 (ACI 318-19) 的主要变化
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2019
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J. Moehle
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ACI Committee 318, Structural Concrete Building Code, has completed the technical work for “Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI 318-19) and Commentary (ACI 318R-19),”1 including responses to public comments on the nearly completed document. This represents the successful completion of a 5-year cycle for the current committee members. This article introduces some of the changes so that prospective future users of the Code will know what to expect. Before getting to the changes, I want to recognize the committee members who worked so hard to get us to this point (refer to the Acknowledgments on p. 25 listing the members). During this Code cycle, ACI Committee 318 comprised 40 Voting Members, including 11 Subcommittee Chairs, who kept the work flowing and contributed to the material in this article. As Chair, I was responsible for inviting the members to join, and I was careful to ensure that the Voting Members represented a balance among Academic/ Educator (32%), Consultant (20%), Contractor (5%), Designer (22%), and Producer (15%) interests, and General interest (5%). The Voting Members were supported by a very active and well-balanced group of 72 Subcommittee Members drawn from across the United States and from the international community of ACI 318 users. Rounding out the committee were 14 Liaison Members and five Consulting Members. ACI Staff Engineer Greg Zeisler deftly managed the secretarial and administrative tasks of the committee. I have been honored to be able to work with such a talented, dedicated, and harmonious group of individuals. The committee from the previous Code cycle devoted significant energy and time to a once-in-a-generation reorganization of the Code, resulting in ACI 318-14.2 For the present Code cycle, we left the organization mainly as it was and focused instead on technical changes to improve safety, economy, and sustainability, while introducing new technologies and ideas to advance the concrete industry. The following paragraphs introduce some of the key changes for ACI 318-19. To help Code users identify these and other changes, they are marked within ACI 318-19 by vertical lines beside the Code and Commentary text where the changes occur.