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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