An American National Standard. American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC). Chicago, Illinois. 2010. Supersedes ANSI/ AISC 360-05. 612p. This Specification shall apply to the design of the structural steel system or systems with structural steel acting compositely with reinforced concrete, where the steel elements are defined in the AISC Code of Standard Practice for Steel Buildings and Bridges, Section 2.1, hereafter referred to as the Code of Standard Practice.
This Specification sets forth criteria for the design, fabrication and erection of structural steel buildings and other structures, where other structures are defined as structures designed, fabricated and erected in a manner similar to buildings, with building-like vertical and lateral load resisting-elements.