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While putting up steel buildings isn't that difficult, the federal government, each state, and even local city or town can have specific rules and regulations you need to follow. These cover everything from the amount of energy you're allowed to use, installing heating, cooling, refrigeration, and electricity, sizes, and even locations. We've made it easy for you to find links to many of the regulating authorities and guidelines you'll need.

Listings starting with the letter 'A'.

Air Barrier Association of America
Links to Massachusetts and Wisconsin commercial energy conservation codes, which incorporate air barrier requirements; lists common industry test standards.

Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute
Standards Program lists standards and guidelines, which can be downloaded for free; provides overview of standards development, information on international standards development, links to U.S., international standards organizations. Environmental Advocacy includes information on national and international energy policy issues, energy efficiency, European Union's Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings, commercial building HVACR efficiency, minimum efficiency standards.

Alabama Building Commission
Provides full text of Alabama State Building Code and administrative rules; plan review submittal requirements; requirements based on project type; Building Commission bulletins; online Manual of Procedures; online form to order a hard copy; home inspector rules and forms.

American Association of Retired Persons
Family, Home and Legal contains universal home design and accessibility resources, including overview of design principles; checklists and information sheets for bathrooms, doors, floors, kitchens, safety, lighting; links to related articles and Web sites.

American Concrete Institute
Can download "Guidelines for Authorities and Responsibilities in Concrete Design and Construction." Subscribers can access Concrete International and ACI Manual of Concrete Practice online. Standardization Actions posts documents for public review. Offers seminars on building codes, changes in building codes.

American Industrial Hygiene Association
Standards provides information about activities and standards documents of the Ventilation Systems, Occupational Health and Safety Systems, and Respiratory Protection standards committees.

American Institute of Architects
AIA Bookstore offers codes, standards and design books for sale, including "Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospital and Health Care Facilities."

American National Standards Institute
eStandards Store offers standards for sale; can browse collections of available standards from more than 70 standards developers. Government Affairs includes Federal Register Notices and significant laws, policies for download. News and Publications includes latest and archival issues of Standards Action status reports; information about domestic, international, USNC/IEC and ISO program activities; links to international and regional standards organizations; provides information about ANSI product and personnel accreditation programs; list of ANSI members and standards developers. Public Document Library provides standards documents, ANSI procedures, forms; information about ANSI research services; current and archived news releases on standards; job openings in standards and related fields. Standards Education Database lists standards-producing organizations, with links; provides information on education activities.

American Society for Testing and Materials
Includes searchable directories of testing laboratories, scientific and technical consultants, expert witnesses, equipment manufacturers; links to technical committees. Offers PE continuing education, technical, professional training courses; events calendar; information about statistical quality and assurance programs. Technical Committees lists Committee E50 on Environmental Assessment, Risk Management and Corrective Action, which develops standards used in commercial real estate transactions, corrective actions, pollution prevention. Offers for sale standard guide for conducting baseline surveys for mold in commercial buildings. Standards offers standards, technical publications, journals, annual book of standards, online subscription packages for sale; can sign up for standards tracker. Provides ASTM technical committee directory and resources. Books and Journals includes online technical papers for a fee. Digital Library provides access to more than 1,000 books, 30,000 papers and 430,000 pages of information, available by subscription or for purchase and download. Journal of Cement, Concrete and Aggregates, Journal of ASTM International, Geotechnical Testing Journal, Journal of Composites Technology and Research, Journal of Forensic Sciences, and Journal of Testing and Evaluation contain tables of contents and past-issue databases that can be searched or browsed, with abstracts retrieved. Can view abstracts, purchase full text online. Magazines and Newsletters provides articles from current and archived issues of Standardization News and ASTM International News; RSS feed. Handbook of Standardization is available by keyword search.

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Provides catalog of standards; list of standards in development; standards development tools; searchable technical library.

American Society of Civil Engineers
Codes and Standards Program provides information about activities of ASCE standards committees.

American Society of Healthcare Engineering
Codes and Standards provides information about codes related to design, operation of healthcare facilities; alerts and advisories. Products and Services includes Electronic Buyers' Guide to services and products; Online Store for publications on healthcare planning, design, construction.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code users can receive addenda, interpretations, code case supplements; can download and print official copies of Code Cases that have been approved but not yet released in a printed Supplement. Contains "Introduction to ASME Codes and Standards" for engineering students; offers building code short courses. Conformity Assessment Accreditation Programs lists authorized agencies and laboratories; provides application forms. Contains "Introduction to ASME Codes and Standards" for engineering students. Offers online codes and standards training. Invites volunteer technical experts to develop, promulgate and maintain ASME Codes and Standards. Provides information about standards research, projects, RFPs. Codes and Standards contains codes, standards, policies, procedures, guidelines, recently published standards; public review proposals, with order information.

American Wood Preservers' Association
Lists AWPA standards; provides links to buy AWPA standards.

Association of Pool and Spa Professionals
Contains technical standards, codes for public and private pools and spas. Government Relations includes "Latest ADA Recommendations for Pools and Spas."

Australian Building Codes Board
Documents contains issues of the Australian Building Regulation Bulletin since 1997; Building Code of Australia amendments and releases; certificates of conformity; disability standards; energy standards and documents; building surveyor and certifier accreditation documents; and energy education documents. Offers building codes and construction books for sale; links to new documents and publications.

Automatic Fire Alarm Association
Can sign up for seminars for fire alarm system testers, inspectors, designers; subscribe to participate in association discussion list; order NFPA manuals, codes and forms; take courses online; view Code Alert comments on NFPA proposals.