Concrete Products

JAN 2015

Concrete Products covers the issues that attract producers of ready mixed and manufactured concrete focusing on equipment and material technology, market development and management topics.

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10 • January 2015 www.concreteproducts.com GUEST EDITORIAL ACI-318-14 PHOTO: Concrete Products The Toolbox chapters are an essen- tial feature of ACI 318-14, comprising Strength Reduction Factors, Sectional Strength, Strut-and-Tie, Serviceability and Reinforcement Details. Many require- ments are common to several members, and to reduce duplication of information, these common, supporting requirements are gathered into toolbox chapters. The Construction chapter now con- solidates construction and inspection requirements for the designing engineer. The requirements are designated either as "design information" or "compliance requirements." In particular, this section is designed to help the engineer fulfill his or her responsibility to communicate field requirements to construction and inspection teams. DISSEMINATION AND ADOPTION ACI 318-14 has been published, and will be available in various electronic for- mats plus the traditional printed copy in both U.S. Customary and S.I units. It will appear in English, Spanish, Chinese and other languages. The 2015 International Building Code (IBC) includes reference to ACI 318-14. It has been, and continues to be, a top priority for ACI to ensure a smooth transition to the new Code. These efforts include publishing transition keys that map provisions in ACI 318-11 to their location in ACI 318-14, as well as updat- ing the Reinforced Concrete Design Manu- al to reflect the new Code. Moreover, in addition to the Insti- tute website, www.concrete.org, ACI is scheduling approximately 50 seminars for 2015 in various locations to provide additional information about the reorga- nized 318-14. Organized from an engineer's perspec- tive, ACI 318-14 provides many benefits to the concrete and construction commu- nity, including: • More user-friendly Code, with elimi- nated gaps and redundancies, reduced cross-references and increased use of graphs and tables; • Easier to understand which code requirements apply to a particu- lar design, increasing confidence on whether a design fully meets the Code; • Chapters and sections paralleling the design process and following the flow of forces from slab to foundation; • Fosters more complete contract documents, resulting in better construction manage- ment and less potential for performance lia- bilities; and, • Easier for students and new engineers to learn and apply the Code, and to introduce topics in the future. ACI wishes to thank the engineering and construction community for their input and recommendations in formulating and subse- quent publishing of the reorganized ACI 318- 14. It is anticipated to accommodate new top- ics, incorporate knowledge and construction standards for many decades to come. Randall Poston is Former Chair, ACI Commit- tee 318: Structural Concrete Building Code. For further information and updates please visit: www.concrete.org/ACI318, as well as www.face- book.com/AmericanConcreteInstitute.

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