Dive Brief:

• The American Concrete Institute says it will soon have a thoroughly rewritten and easier-to-use version of ACI 318, the global guide to structural concrete construction.
• ACI says contents in the new version, 318-14, will be more intuitive to follow, and engineers and designers will not be sent chasing cross-references as often.
• The institute will have a public comment period this spring on the draft revision of the standard that is used in the U.S. national building code and in 22 other countries.

Dive Insight:

ACI says it will issue several products to guide users from the current version of the code, 318-11, to the new one, which ACI characterizes as "member-based." There will be a transition key to connect the new and old versions and a "Reinforced Concrete Design Manual" based on 318-14.