American Concrete Institute

Residential Code Requirements for Structural Concrete ( -10) and Commentary
 N 332M

Annotation

This Code, when legally adopted as part of a general building code, provides minimum requirements for design and construction of residential concrete elements. In areas without a legally adopted building code, this Code defines minimum acceptable standards of design and construction practice.

The user of this Code should consult the applicable general building code for all applied loads to determine the applicable values for design requirements. In the absence of a governing code, the user should consider the use of ASCE/ SEI 7 to determine applicable loads.

This Code supplements the general building code and governs matters pertaining to design and construction of cast-in-place concrete construction for one- and two-family dwellings and multiple single-family dwellings (townhouses), and their accessory structures, except wherever this Code conflicts with requirements in the legally adopted general building code.

Where this Code conflicts with requirements contained in other standards referenced in this Code, this Code shall govern.

The IRC references this Code. Where the design of an element is initiated with this Code from reference by the IRC, the entire design of the element must be completed using the provisions of this Code

This Code is limited to design and construction of concrete footings, including thickened slab footings, wall footings, and isolated footings; concrete basement or foundation walls constructed with removable forms or with flat insulating concrete forms; and concrete slabs-on-ground.

The design and construction requirements for footings, foundation walls, and slabs-on-ground are included in this Code, together with requirements for concrete, reinforcement, forms, and other related materials.