Significant Changes to Minimum Design Load Provision for ASCE 7-16 identifies the most noteworthy changes to the design load provisions between the 2010 and 2016 editions of ASCE 7. Stafford and other experts summarize the major changes to the rain, snow, seismic, wind, and other provisions and introduce the new tsunami guidelines. In a user-friendly, appealing format, this volume presents a summary of each change, an explanation of the rationale behind it, and a detailed analysis of its implications, generously illustrated by photographs, diagrams, or other visual aids.

Wind Loads: Guide to the Wind Load Provisions of ASCE 7-16 provides a comprehensive overview of the wind load provisions in Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures, ASCE/SEI 7-16. In this helpful guide, authors Coulbourne and Stafford focus on the provisions that affect the planning, design, and construction of buildings for residential and commercial purposes. Whereas the 2016 revision of ASCE 7 has retained the previously reorganized wind load provisions, the important changes in the ASCE 7-16 wind load provisions are Modified wind speed maps...