AWC's 2012 National Design Specification for Wood Construction available for purchase in printed format; addendum to be provided for changed expected in 2013 to design values for southern pine dimension lumber

Allison Oesterle

LEESBURG, Virginia , December 20, 2012 (press release) – The American Wood Council’s (AWC) 2012 National Design Specification® (NDS®) for Wood Construction is now available for purchase in printed format.

The NDS was approved Aug. 15, 2011 as an American National Standard and is designated ANSI/AWC NDS-2012. It is referenced in the International Code Council’s 2012 International Building Code.

Designers may begin using provisions of the new standard pending approval by the authority having jurisdiction.

“Most code officials will allow for use of newer standards even if they are not referenced in older editions of the building code, especially those developed through a consensus process,” said AWC Vice President of Codes and Regulations Kenneth Bland.

AWC’s 2012 NDS with Commentary, 2012 NDS Supplement: Design Values for Wood Construction, 2008 Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic (SDPWS), and ASD/LRFD Manual for Engineered Wood Construction are available for purchase as a set.

Revisions to the 2012 ASD/LRFD Structural Wood Design Solved Example Problems manual continue, and its availability will be announced once it is updated.

Please note that additional changes to design values for southern pine dimension lumber are anticipated in 2013. A new addendum to the 2012 NDS Supplement will also be provided once those values are certified and available.

To purchase any of the new standards, visit www.awc.org. For more information, call 202-463-2766 or email publications@awc.org.

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AWC is the voice of North American traditional and engineered wood products, representing over 60 percent of the industry. From a renewable resource that absorbs and sequesters carbon, the wood products industry makes products that are essential to everyday life and employs approximately one-third of a million men and women in well-paying jobs. AWC's engineers, technologists, scientists, and building code experts develop state-of-the-art engineering data, technology, and standards on structural wood products for use by design professionals, building officials, and wood products manufacturers to assure the safe and efficient design and use of wood structural components. Visit AWC online at www.awc.org or follow us on Twitter: @woodcouncil.

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