asce 7

[woody1235]

I know about asce 7-05, the current reference for the 2009 IBC and 2010 CBC, and the new 7-10. But what is an asce 7-08?

We are not based in California, and have a CA plan reviewer saying our calculations and design programs should be referencing 08, not 05.

Didn't know there was one, and don't see one so far on asce web site.

Am I missing something I really shouldn't be?

Thanks!

 

[bpstruct]

Not one to my knowledge. Used to be a 3 or 4 year cycle. Longer now. 95-98-02-05-10

 

[Ron]

To my knowledge, there is no ASCE 7-08. I have 7-05 and 7-10.

 

[JAE]

There is no ASCE 7-08. The reviewer is mistaken.

 

[Ron]

Come on JAE...don't they teach you in those liability seminars to equivocate just a little?

 

[woody1235]

Thanks for the input. I really thought there was no 08, but didn't want to call the reviewer back until I tried to make sure I wasn't seriously mistaken - seemed like an unlikely error on her part.

 

[JAE]

OK...There is no ASCE 7-08. The reviewer is sorta mistaken.

 

[Ron]

JAE...as the professional liability carriers would like...

There is apparently no evidence of ASCE 7-08 having been published. While it was perhaps contemplated, it has, nevertheless, not been made available to the engineering profession and therefore cannot be appropriately referenced as an authoritative document.

 

[JStephen]

He might mean -98. And googling around, I find references to -08 used while it was in preparation, two years before it came out, so you could conceivably have a draft version somewhere labeled "-08".

 

[Lion06]

Ron-
Nicely written. I assume that comes from years of preparing for expert testimony.

 

[JAE]

Ron - isn't that what "sorta" means?

I think your longer version sounds more intimidating and that would be a good thing.

 

[Lion06]

I think it nicely communicating the idea that, while it may, in fact, exist (even if only as a draft), it is not a legal document to design to.

I think that unless you keep on top of it, you would assume there is an ASCE 7-08. I know I was looking for it a couple years ago when we were getting IBC '09 in the office. I quickly found out they switched from a three year cycle to a five year cycle. If I didn't look into, though, I wouldn't have guessed that.

 

[Ron]

JAE...that's exactly what it means! However, they would prefer that which can be said with one word, could better be argued if it contained 100 words!!

 

[a2mfk]

Man you guys are milking what could have been one word responses!