Supplement No. 2 to the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) standard Prequalified Connections for Special and Intermediate Steel Moment Frames for Seismic Applications (AISC 358-10) is now available for public review. This document has been prepared by AISC's Connection Prequalification Review Panel.
The public may submit comments on the standard using the web form at www.aisc.org/AISC358s2pr. The draft standard is available for downloading at the same link.
(http://aisc.informz.net/aisc/archives/archive_3567301.html)
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