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Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE/SEI 7-22) describes the means for determining design loads.

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Brief introduction to ASCE 7-22, Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures, the nationally adopted load standard for general structural design.