Department of Civil Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar

Building Codes and the ACI Code

 Building Code of Pakistan

⚫ Building Code of Pakistan, Seismic Provision BCP SP-07 has

adopted the seismic provisions of UBC 97 for seismic design of
buildings.

⚫ IBC 2000 could not be adopted because some basic input data
required by IBC for seismic design did not exist in Pakistan.

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Department of Civil Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar

Building Codes and the ACI Code

 The ACI MCP

⚫ ACI MCP (American Concrete Institute Manual of Concrete

Practice) contains 150 ACI committee reports; revised every three
years.

⚫ ACI 318: Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete.

⚫ ACI 315: The ACI Detailing Manual.

⚫ ACI 349: Code Requirement for Nuclear Safety Related Concrete

Structures.

⚫ Many others.

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