Personalize Your Home Page Experience

Referencing and specifying fenestration field-testing

The rise of the blue roof

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) published several new test standards, all of which have been approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

“The AISI test standards are updated every five years to facilitate research and development leading to improved state-of-the-art solutions in steel for the construction market,” said Jay Larson, managing director, AISI’s construction technical program. “We also updated the titles for the 2017 series, so they have a more consistent format but differ slightly from the titles in the previous series.”

The suite of test standards is often referenced in industry acceptance criteria, providing a level playing field for establishing the performance characteristics of unique products and applications.”

AISI also recently published a new test standard in its S900 series, AISI S919-17, Test Standard for Determining the Flexural Strength and Stiffness of Cold-formed Steel Nonstructural Members.

“This test standard was developed by AISI’s Committee on Specifications and is intended for adoption and use when performance testing of the cold-formed steel nonstructural member is required,” said Larson. “It can be used to determine the nominal flexural strength (resistance) for both local buckling and distortional buckling failure modes. The test standard provides an alternative approach to evaluating the flexural strength and stiffness of nonstructural members.”

AISI’s codes and standards work is conducted under the Construction Market Council of the Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), which promotes the use of steel in the construction industry through the development of innovative materials, applications, and solutions for users.

To view a full list of updated standards, click here.

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Please check the box below to confirm you would like to be added to Kenilworth Media’s various e-mail communications (includes e-newsletters, digital editions of the magazine, a survey now and then, and offers to the design-build industry*).

*We do not sell your e-mail address to 3rd parties, we simply forward their offers to you. Of course, you always have the right to unsubscribe from any communications you receive from us, should you change your mind in the future.

No, I have all the knowledge I need right now