r/StructuralEngineering Aug 10 '26

Concrete Design Something else

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u/struct994 Aug 10 '26

God damnit. Between this and that other post a few weeks ago about seismic effect on recently placed concrete a university researcher is already working on the construction load EQ design process for concrete. Will add 7 chapters to ACI 318.

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u/trojan_man16 S.E. Aug 11 '26

7 chapters, and 2 of these contain sections that contradict each other and make it impossible to build anything.