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Specification for Structural Steel Buildings
June 22, 2010
Supersedes the Specification for Structural Steel Buildings
dated March 9, 2005 and all previous versions of this specification
Approved by the AISC Committee on Specifications
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTIONOne East Wacker Drive, Suite 700
Chicago, Illinois 60601-1802
ANSI/AISC 360-10An American National Standard
16.1
1
Spec
ifica
tion
for
Str
uctu
ral
Stee
l B
uild
ings
, Jun
e 22
, 201
0A
MER
ICA
NIN
STIT
UTE
OF
STEE
LC
ON
STR
UC
TIO
N
CH
AP
TE
R A
GE
NE
RA
L P
RO
VIS
ION
S
This
cha
pter
stat
es th
e sc
ope
of th
e Sp
ecifi
catio
n, su
mm
ariz
es re
fere
nced
spec
ific
atio
ns,
code
s an
d st
anda
rds,
and
pro
vide
s re
quire
men
ts f
or m
ater
ials
and
stru
ctur
al d
esig
n do
cum
ents
.
The
chap
ter i
s or
gani
zed
as fo
llow
s:
A1.
Scop
eA
2.R
efer
ence
d Sp
ecifi
catio
ns, C
odes
and
Sta
ndar
dsA
3.M
ater
ial
A4.
Stru
ctur
al D
esig
n D
raw
ings
and
Spe
cific
atio
ns
A1.
SCO
PE
The
Spec
ifica
tion
for
Stru
ctur
al S
teel
Bui
ldin
gs(A
NSI
/AIS
C 3
60),
here
afte
r ref
erre
dto
as t
he S
peci
ficat
ion,
shal
l app
ly to
the
desi
gn o
f the
stru
ctur
al s
teel
syst
em o
r sys
-te
ms
with
stru
ctur
al s
teel
act
ing
com
posi
tely
with
rei
nfor
ced
conc
rete
, whe
re t
hest
eel e
lem
ents
are
def
ined
in th
e AIS
CC
ode
of S
tand
ard
Pra
ctic
e fo
r St
eel B
uild
ings
and
Bri
dges
, Sec
tion
2.1,
her
eafte
r ref
erre
d to
as
the
Cod
e of
Sta
ndar
d P
ract
ice.
This
Spe
cific
atio
n in
clud
es th
e Sy
mbo
ls, t
he G
loss
ary,
Cha
pter
s A
thro
ugh
N, a
ndA
ppen
dice
s 1 th
roug
h 8.
The
Com
men
tary
and
the
Use
r Not
es in
ters
pers
ed th
roug
h-ou
t are
not
par
t of t
he S
peci
ficat
ion.
Use
r N
ote:
Use
r not
es a
re in
tend
ed to
pro
vide
con
cise
and
pra
ctic
al g
uida
nce
inth
e ap
plic
atio
n of
the
prov
isio
ns.
This
Spe
cific
atio
n se
ts fo
rth c
riter
ia fo
r the
des
ign,
fabr
icat
ion
and
erec
tion
of st
ruc-
tura
l st
eel
build
ings
and
oth
er s
truct
ures
, w
here
oth
er s
truct
ures
are
def
ined
as
stru
ctur
es d
esig
ned,
fab
ricat
ed a
nd e
rect
ed i
n a
man
ner
sim
ilar
to b
uild
ings
, with
build
ing-
like
verti
cal a
nd la
tera
l lo
adre
sist
ing-
elem
ents
.
Whe
reve
r thi
s Spe
cific
atio
n re
fers
to th
e ap
plic
able
bui
ldin
g co
dean
d th
ere
is n
one,
the
load
s, lo
ad c
ombi
natio
ns, s
yste
m li
mita
tions
, and
gen
eral
des
ign
requ
irem
ents
shal
l be
thos
e in
ASC
E/SE
I 7.
Whe
re c
ondi
tions
are
not
cov
ered
by
the
Spec
ifica
tion,
des
igns
are
per
mitt
ed to
be
base
d on
tests
or a
naly
sis, s
ubje
ct to
the
appr
oval
of t
he a
utho
rity
hav
ing
juri
sdic
tion.
Alte
rnat
ive
met
hods
of a
naly
sis
and
desi
gn a
re p
erm
itted
, pro
vide
d su
ch a
ltern
ativ
em
etho
ds o
r crit
eria
are
acc
epta
ble
to th
e au
thor
ity h
avin
g ju
risdi
ctio
n.
Use
r N
ote:
For
the
desi
gn o
f st
ruct
ural
mem
bers
, oth
er th
an h
ollo
w s
truct
ural
sect
ions
(HSS
) tha
t are
col
d-fo
rmed
to s
hape
s w
ith e
lem
ents
not
mor
e th
an 1
in.
(25
mm
) in
thic
knes
s, th
e pr
ovis
ions
of t
he A
ISI N
orth
Am
eric
an S
peci
ficat
ion
for
the
Des
ign
of C
old-
Form
ed S
teel
Str
uctu
ral
Mem
bers
are
reco
mm
ende
d.
1.Se
ism
ic A
pplic
atio
ns
The
Seis
mic
Pro
visi
ons
for
Stru
ctur
al S
teel
Bui
ldin
gs(A
NSI
/AIS
C 3
41) s
hall
appl
yto
the
desi
gn o
f se
ism
ic fo
rce
resi
stin
g sy
stem
s of
str
uctu
ral
stee
lor
of
stru
ctur
alst
eel a
ctin
g co
mpo
site
ly w
ith re
info
rced
con
cret
e, u
nles
s sp
ecifi
cally
exe
mpt
ed b
yth
e ap
plic
able
bui
ldin
g co
de.
Use
r N
ote:
ASC
E/SE
I 7 (T
able
12.
2-1,
Item
H) s
peci
fical
ly e
xem
pts
stru
ctur
alst
eel s
yste
ms,
but n
ot c
ompo
site
syst
ems,
in s
eism
ic d
esig
n ca
tego
ries
B a
nd C
if th
ey a
re d
esig
ned
acco
rdin
g to
the
Spe
cifi
cati
onan
d th
e se
ism
iclo
ads
are
com
pute
d us
ing
a se
ism
ic r
espo
nse
mod
ific
atio
n fa
ctor
, R, o
f 3.
For
sei
smic
desi
gn c
ateg
ory
A, A
SCE/
SEI
7 do
es s
peci
fy l
ater
al f
orce
s to
be
used
as
the
seis
mic
load
s an
d ef
fect
s, bu
t the
se c
alcu
latio
ns d
o no
t inv
olve
the
use
of a
n R
fact
or. T
hus f
or se
ism
ic d
esig
n ca
tego
ry A
it is
not
nec
essa
ry to
def
ine
a se
ism
icfo
rce
resi
stin
g sy
stem
tha
t m
eets
any
spe
cial
req
uire
men
ts a
nd t
he S
eism
icP
rovi
sion
sfo
r St
ruct
ural
Ste
el B
uild
ings
do n
ot a
pply
.
The
prov
isio
ns o
f App
endi
x 1
of th
is S
peci
ficat
ion
shal
l not
app
ly to
the
seis
mic
desi
gn o
f bui
ldin
gs a
nd o
ther
stru
ctur
es.
2.N
ucle
ar A
pplic
atio
ns
The
desi
gn,
fabr
icat
ion
and
erec
tion
of n
ucle
ar