Steel Joist Institute standards open for review

FOREST, VA. — The 2010 draft of the Steel Joist Institute’s (SJI) “Standard Specification for Open Web Steel Joists, K-Series and Load Tables,” “Standard Specification for Longspan Steel Joists, LH-Series and Deep Longspan Steel Joists, DLH-Series and Load Tables,” “Standard Specification for Joist Girders,” “Code of Standard Practice for Steel Joists and Joist Girders,” “Standard Specification of Composite Steel Joists CJ-Series,” and “Code of Standard Practice for Composite Steel Joists,” is available for public review until August 15, 2010.

These specifications will be available for download on the SJI website at www.steeljoist.org/ansi2010 along with the review forms. Please submit comments using the forms provided online to Robert R. Hackworth, SJI’s managing director, at rhackworth@steeljoist.org by August 15, 2010, for consideration. For copies available on CD, please call (434) 525-7377.

For more information about the Steel Joist Institute, please visit www.steeljoist.org.