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4 Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI 318M-14) and Commentary (ACI 318RM-14) Reported by ACI Committee 318

An ACI Standard

Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI 318M-14)

An ACI Standard

Commentary on Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI 318RM-14)

An ACI Report

Reported by ACI Committee 318

Randall W. Poston, Chair Basile G. Rabbat, Secretary

VOTING MAIN COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Neal S. Anderson Florian G. Barth Roger J. Becker

Kenneth B. Bondy Dean A. Browning James R. Cagley Ned M. Cleland

W. Gene Corley* Ronald A. Cook

Charles W. Dolan

Anthony E. Fiorato Catherine E. French

Robert J. Frosch Luis E. Garcia

Brian C. Gerber S. K. Ghosh

David P. Gustafson James R. Harris

Terence C. Holland Shyh-Jiann Hwang

James O. Jirsa Dominic J. Kelly

Gary J. Klein Ronald Klemencic Cary Kopczynski

Colin L. Lobo Paul F. Mlakar Jack P. Moehle

Lawrence C. Novak Gustavo J. Parra-Montesinos

David M. Rogowsky David H. Sanders Guillermo Santana

Thomas C. Schaeffer Stephen J. Seguirant Andrew W. Taylor

James K. Wight Sharon L. Wood

Loring A. Wyllie Jr.

VOTING SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS

Raul D. Bertero Allan P. Bommer John F. Bonacci Patricio Bonelli Sergio F. Breña

JoAnn P. Browning Nicholas J. Carino

David Darwin Jeffrey J. Dragovich Kenneth J. Elwood Lisa R. Feldman

Harry A. Gleich H. R. Trey Hamilton

R. Doug Hooton Kenneth C. Hover

Steven H. Kosmatka Michael E. Kreger

Jason J. Krohn Daniel A. Kuchma

Andres Lepage Raymond Lui LeRoy A. Lutz

Joe Maffei Donald F. Meinheit

Fred Meyer Suzanne Dow Nakaki

Theodore L. Neff Viral B. Patel

Conrad Paulson Jose A. Pincheira

Carin L. Roberts-Wollmann Mario E. Rodríguez

Bruce W. Russell

M. Saiid Saiidi Andrea J. Schokker

John F. Silva John F. Stanton Roberto Stark

Bruce A. Suprenant John W. Wallace W. Jason Weiss

Fernando V. Yáñez

INTERNATIONAL LIAISON MEMBERS

F. Michael Bartlett Mathias Brewer Josef Farbiarz

Luis B. Fargier-Gabaldon Alberto Giovambattista

Hector Hernandez

Angel E. Herrera Hector Monzon-Despang

Enrique Pasquel

Patricio A. Placencia Oscar M. Ramirez

Fernando Reboucas Stucchi

CONSULTING MEMBERS

Sergio M. Alcocer John E. Breen

Neil M. Hawkins H. S. Lew

James G. MacGregor Robert F. Mast

Julio A. Ramirez Charles G. Salmon*

ACI 318M-14 supersedes ACI 318M-11, and published March 2015. Copyright © 2015, American Concrete Institute.

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*Deceased.

First Printing March 2015

ISBN: 978-1-942727-11-8

Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and Commentary

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