Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and Commentary

concrete construction; concrete slabs; concretes; construction joints; continuity (structural); contraction joints; cover; curing; deep beams; deflections; drawings;
earthquake-resistant structures; embedded service ducts; flexural strength; floors; folded plates; footings; formwork (construction); frames; hot weather
construction; inspection; isolation joints; joints (junctions); joists; lightweight concretes; load tests (structural); loads (forces); materials; mixing; mixture proportioning;
modulus of elasticity; moments; pipe columns; pipes (tubing); placing; plain concrete; precast concrete; prestressed concrete; prestressing steels; quality control;
reinforced concrete; reinforcing steels; roofs; serviceability; shear strength; shear walls; shells (structural forms); spans; specifications; splicing; strength; strength
analysis; stresses; structural analysis; structural concrete; structural design; structural integrity; T-beams; torsion; walls; water; welded wire reinforcement.
ACI 318-08 was adopted as a standard of the American Concrete Institute
November 2007 to supersede ACI 318-05 in accordance with the Institute’s
standardization procedure and was published January 2008.
A complete metric companion to ACI 318 has been developed, 318M;
therefore, no metric equivalents are included in this document.
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Commentaries are intended for guidance in planning, designing, executing,
and inspecting construction. This Commentary is intended for the use of
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of its content and recommendations and who will accept responsibility for
the application of the material it contains. The American Concrete Institute
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this Commentary shall not be made in contract documents. If items found
in this Commentary are desired by the licensed design professional to be
a part of the contract documents, they shall be restated and incorporated
in mandatory language.
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