AWC is involved in developind design tools and guidelines for wood construction, and publishes the NDS, National Design Specification for Wood Construction. It contains an online listing of publications, videos, slides, computer programs and services by PCA, an association serving the cement and concrete industry. Where you can read the latest issue of Modern Steel Construction magazine, and some back issues. In addition to the magazine, the site features an extensive steel forum, where visitors can post questions and answers. The forum also contains the entire steel interchange column from previous issues of Modern Steel Construction, as well as an extensive array of links steel-related websites.
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You can access this site for current informations and publications from the American Society of Civil Engineers, which publishes many technical journals, including the Journal of Architectural Engineering. ASCE also has a Structures Division. An agency of the US Department of Commerce Technology Administration. NIST has a center for building technology of international importance as a research and standards center. Every month, the results of its research and studies appear in special technical magazines that could be accessed online in french or english.