Title: Development of a National Building Code for Reinforced Concrete

Author(s): George Winter

Publication: Concrete International

Volume: 4

Issue: 12

Appears on pages(s): 27-37

Keywords: building codes; history; reinforced con-crete; specifications.

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Date: 12/1/1982

Abstract:
The history of the ACI Building Code requirements for reinforced concrete is presented. Emphasis is on design methods and their evolution. The article re-flects some of the important personal involvement of S. C. Hollister in the early decades and of the writer in the later decades of the code development.*