Also included in v15.0 are new design examples that outline the procedure for satisfying structural integrity requirements–but only when required by the building code–for common connection types.

The new version 15.0 offers several improvements over the previous version 14.2, including many new member design tables that supplement the Manual with additional material grades, including ASTM A913 Grades 65 and 70 W-shapes and ASTM A1085 HSS members.

The v15.0 Design Examples contain more than 1,600 pages of examples and tables that illustrate using the provisions of the 2016 Specification for Structural Steel Buildings and the 15th Edition Manual for designing members, connections and structural systems. All of these resources are available for free download at “The practicing engineer or student will find these updated resources of great value as design tools, references and learning tools in their day-to-day practice,” notes Cynthia Duncan, AISC director of engineering. Included are the v15.0 Design Examples, v15.0 Shapes Database, v15.0H Historic Shapes Database, Basic Design Values Cards and Interactive Reference List. The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) is offering several new resources that complement the 15th Edition Steel Construction Manual, released this past summer.