As those on the leading edge know, progress in the buildings sector does not come easily. But that doesn’t stop innovators from working diligently to increase the sustainability and resilience of buildings and decrease their carbon footprints while trying to find ways to boost construction quality and building-team productivity.
Many structural engineers dedicated to improving building-design guidance are celebrating this season. A recent challenge to the latest version of the universally recognized reference standard, known as ASCE 7-16, failed after members of the International Code Council voted to include the 2016 update in the 2018 version of the ICC’s model code—the International Building Code.