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SDI Technical Note No. 1

C&C or MWFRS Pressures for Steel Roof Deck Design: Clarification for the Engineer of Record (January 2018)


SDI Technical Note No. 2

SDI Commentary on Application of AWS D1.3-2018 to Welding of Steel Deck (February 2018)


SDI Technical Note No. 3

Pour Stops as Beams with Appendix 1b | October 2021


SDI Technical Note No. 4

Venting of Composite Steel Floor Deck (December 2018)


SDI Technical Note No. 5

Use of Reinforcing Steel in Concrete Filled Steel Deck Diaphragms (February 2019)


SDI Technical Note No. 6

BIM Guidance (May 2019)


SDI Technical Note No. 7

Mechanical Attachment of Single-Ply Roofing Membranes to Steel Roof Deck: Implications for Steel Deck Design (November 2019)


SDI Technical Note No. 8

Quality Assurance for Welding Steel Deck (November 2019)


SDI Technical Note No. 9

Strength of a Diaphragm System Relative to the Panel Span Direction (November 2019)


SDI Technical Note No. 10

Weak Axis Moment Derivation for a Concentrated Load on a Composite Deck-Slab (November 2019)


SDI Technical Note No. 11

Corrosive Materials in Contact with Steel Deck (November 2019)


SDI Technical Note No. 12

Jobsite Storage Requirements for Steel Deck (August 2020)


SDI Technical Note No. 13

Damaged Composite Steel Deck (February 2022)


SDI Technical Note No. 14

Supplemental Reinforcing Bars in Composite Steel Deck-Slabs (April 2022)


SDI Technical Note No. 15

Perforated Metal Deck Design with Commentary (January 2023)


SDI Technical Note No. 16

Perforated Metal Deck Diaphragm Design (January 2023)


SDI Technical Note No. 17

Deeper Steel Deck and Cellular Diaphragms (April 2023)


SDI Technical Note No. 18

Diaphragm Analysis with Skew Walls (April 2023)


SDI Technical Note No. 19

Steel Deck Properties at Varied Yield Strengths: An Explanation for How to Evaluate the Differences (April 2023)