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Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE/SEI 7-22)

An integral part of building codes in the United States, ASCE/SEI 7, Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures describes the means for determining design loads including dead, live, soil, flood, tsunami, snow, rain, atmospheric ice, seismic, and wind loads and their combinations for general structural design.
Structural engineers, architects, and building code officials will find the structural load requirements essential to their practice.

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Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures, ASCE/SEI 7-22

ASCE/SEI 7-22, which supersedes ASCE/SEI 7-16, is your source for the most up-to-date and coordinated loading standard for general structural design. Available formats include print, PDF, and ASCE 7 Online digital platform.

The following supplements for ASCE/SEI 7-22 are available for free:

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Call for public proposals for the 2028 edition

SEI is currently accepting proposals to modify the 2022 edition of ASCE/SEI 7 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures, as the committee prepares for the 2028 revision cycle. 

Interested parties should download the proposal form provided below. The committee will accept public proposals until October 1, 2023. Public proposals are to be submitted to SEI Staff via email

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