ASABE revises standard for loads in agricultural buildings.
Press Release Summary:
ASAE EP378.4, Floor and Suspended Loads on Agricultural Structures Due to Use, includes recommended design loads resulting from livestock, suspended cage poultry, vehicles, and manure stored on floor. Revised document incorporates proper use of SI units, updates references, has adjustments for vehicle loads, and is aligned with other load standards.
Original Press Release:
ASABE Revises Standard for Loads in Agricultural Building Design
ST JOSEPH, MICHIGAN- The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
(ASABE) has revised its standard on floor and suspended loads in agricultural buildings.
ASAE EP378.4, Floor and Suspended Loads on Agricultural Structures Due to Use, includes
recommended design loads resulting from livestock, suspended caged poultry, vehicles and manure stored on the floor. The revised document incorporates proper use of SI units, updates references, has adjustments for vehicle loads and is aligned with other load standards.
A copy of the document can be ordered by contacting ASABE headquarters directly at:
martin@asabe.org. ASABE members and those with site-license privileges to the ASABE online Technical Library, at www.asabe.org , can view an electronic copy of the standard in about 4 weeks.
ASABE is recognized worldwide as a standards developing organization for food, agricultural, and biological systems, with more than 225 standards currently in publication. Conformance to ASABE standards is voluntary, except where required by state, provincial, or other governmental requirements, and the documents are developed by consensus in accordance with procedures approved by the American National Standards Institute. For information on this or any other ASABE standard, contact Scott Cedarquist at ASABE, 269-932-7031, cedarq@asabe.org. A current listing of all ASABE standards projects can be found on the ASABE web site at asabe.org/standards/proposed.html .
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers is an educational and scientific organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to agricultural, food, and biological systems. Founded in 1907 and headquartered in St Joseph, Michigan, ASABE comprises 9,000 members from more than 100 countries. For further information about the Society, or for an electronic copy of this news release, contact Dolores Landeck at ASABE, 269-932-7039, landeck@asabe.org.
