E – 3001 Calculation Design Tornado Loads for Structures According to ASCE 7-22, and IBC 2024 Codes

The objective of this course is to assist a licensed design professional, practicing structural engineers, forensic structural engineers, consulting engineers, building officials, educators, students and/or a licensed general contractor to deeply know, and to understand when a building or other structure is required to be designed to minimum tornado loads and how to calculate design tornado forces according to ASCE 7-22, and  IBC 2024 codes. Unfortunately, there are not a sufficient number of references dealing with this topic, so the course was designed to be an important guide for the structural engineers working in this field.

This instructional course is for design professionals and building officials to help them determine when a building or other structure is required to be designed to minimum tornado loads and how to calculate design tornado forces. This guide is in accordance with the updated requirements of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) / Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) standard ASCE 7-22, Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures.