Engineering, Civil and Construction Subject Guide
Standards
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This database allows users to search more than 1 million standards from over 370 standards organizations. Faculty and graduate students only may request individual standards for purchase through approval by the engineering librarian. Users need to set up a personal account to order standards. Undergraduate students need to contact the engineering librarian edward.eckel@wmich.edu for assistance with using our Interlibrary Loan service to borrow a copy of a necessary standard.
AISC Specifications and Codes Page
The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) provides many of its current specifications and codes as downloadable PDFs for free from this website. Information contained here includes the "Code of Standard Practice for Structural Steel Buildings and Bridges" (AISC 303-05).
Annual Book of ASTM Standards
TA 401 .A653 latest edition in (Sci.R)
Collected standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials. The Web site for the ASTM has a searchable index to the standards but you must obtain the full text at the Science Reference desk.
Architectural Graphic Standards (10th ed.)
TH 2031 .A84 2000 (Sci.R).
This book is accompanied by a CD-ROM. Please request it at the Circulation Desk.
ISO 9000 Handbook (4th ed.)
TS 156 .I838 2003 (Sci.R).
Covers the most recent standards for quality management systems for all industries. This book is accompanied by a CD-ROM. Please ask for it at the Circulation Desk.
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
This online manual for the installation and maintenance of traffic control devices is published by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). This is the most current edition of this manual.