APPENDIX B
U.S. AGENCIES
DesignationInstitution
ACI: American Concrete Institute,
818 Connecticut Ave. N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006
AITC:American Institute of Timber Construction Inc.
333 West Hampden Ave, Englewood, Colorado 80110
AISC:American Institute of Steel Construction Inc.
Wrigley Building 44 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago,
Illinois 60611
ANSI:American National Standards Institute
1430 Broadway, New York, New York 10018
AISI:American Iron and Steel Institute
100 16th St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
APA:American Plywood Association
1119 A St., Tacoma, Washington 98401
ASTM:American Society for Testing and Materials
1916 Race St. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
AWS:American Welding Society, Inc.
2501 N.W. 7th St. Miami, Florida 33125
NBS:National Bureau of Standards
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Washington D.C. 20402
NFiPA:National Fire Protection Association
470 Atlantic Ave., Boston, Massachusetts 02210
NPA:National Particleboard Association
2306 Perkins Place, Silver Springs, Maryland
SJI:Steel Joist Institute
1703 Parham Rd, Richmond, Virginia 23229
TPI:Truss Plate Institute
2400 East Devon, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018, USA
AWPB:American Wood Preservers Bureau, PO Box 6085, Arlington, Virginia 22206, USA
APPENDIX B (1)
U.S. STANDARDS AND CODES QUOTED
ItemCode No Description
B1ACI 318 Building code requirements for reinforced concrete
B2ACI 315 Manual of standard practice for detailing reinforced concrete structures
B3ACI 530-92 Building code requirements for concrete masonry structures
B4ASTM C90 Specifications for hollow load-bearing concrete masonry units
B5ANSI A41.1 Standard requirements for reinforced masonry
B6AITC 101
to 115Timber construction standards
B7NLMANational design specification for stress grade lumber and its fastenings
B8NBS R 16 American lumber standards for softwood lumber
B9NBS-CS Douglas fir plywood, commercial standard
B10AISC-SJI Standard specification for open web long span steel joist construction
B11AISCSpecifications for design, fabrication and erection of structural steel for buildings
B12ANSI A59.1Specifications for reinforced gypsum concrete
B13SJI AISCSpecifications and load tables for J series and H series joists
B14 AWS D1.1Structural Welding Code
B15AWS D1.3 78Specifications for Welding Sheet Steel in Buildings
B16AISCSpecifications for Structural Joints using ASTM A325 or ASTM A490 Bolts
B17ANSI/ASTM A6Standard Specification for General Requirements for Rolled Steel Plates, Shapes, Sheet Piling, and Bars for Structural Use
B18AISISpecification for the Design of Cold-Formed Stainless Steel Members
B19AISI A151Structural Specifications for the Design of Light Gauge Structural Members
B20TPI. 1978Design Specifications for Light Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses
APPENDIX B (2)
OTHER CODES
C1Caribbean Uniform Building Code (CUBiC)
Caricom Community Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana
C2National Building Code of Jamaica
Ministry of Finance and Planning, Kingston, Jamaica
C3Standard Building Code
Southern Building Code Congress International Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
C4South Florida Building Code
Board of County Commissioners,
Metropolitan Dade County, Florida, USA.
C5Bahamas Building Code
Ministry of Works, Nassau, Bahamas
C6National Building Code of Canada
National Research Council of Canada, Montreal , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada