The current draft of the 2016 AISC Code of Standard Practice (AISC 303-16) is available for public review until Nov. 15.
This update of the 2010 version of the code and a comment form are available for download.
Comments using the form provided online can be sent to Janet Cummins via email at cummins@aisc.org or via mail to 1 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 700, Chicago, IL 60601. For background on the changes proposed in this 2016 version of the Code, see the recorded presentation from the 2015 NASCC: The Steel Conference.
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