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Country	Designation	Scope (our words)	Status	Subjects
USA	40 CFR Part 258	Federal criteria for municipal solid waste landfills.	current	Solid Waste Management
USA	AACE International Recommended Practices	Cost engineering practices, including estimate classification.	current	Schedule Management, Cost Management
USA	AACE RP 29R-03	Recommended practice on forensic schedule analysis.	current	Contracts and Claims, Schedule Management
USA	AASHTO Guide for Design of Pavement Structures (1993)	Empirical pavement design method based on road test data.	current	Highway Engineering, Pavement Design
USA	AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications	Load and resistance factor design of highway bridges.	current	Bridge Engineering
USA	AASHTO MASH	Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware: crash test procedures for roadside hardware.	current	Highway Engineering
USA	ACI 211.1	Standard practice for selecting proportions for normal, heavyweight and mass concrete.	current	Concrete Technology
USA	ACI 318	Building code requirements for structural concrete.	current	Concrete Technology, Reinforced Concrete Design, Prestressed Concrete
USA	ACI 350	Code requirements for environmental engineering concrete structures (tanks, treatment plants).	current	Water Supply Engineering, Sanitation and Wastewater Engineering
USA	AISC 360	Specification for structural steel buildings.	current	Steel Design
USA	AREMA Manual for Railway Engineering	North American railway engineering recommended practice.	current	Railway Engineering
USA	ASCE/SEI 7	Minimum design loads (dead, live, wind, snow, seismic) for buildings and other structures.	current	Structural Analysis, Reinforced Concrete Design, Steel Design, Earthquake Engineering
USA	ASTM A615	Deformed and plain carbon-steel bars for concrete reinforcement.	current	Reinforced Concrete Design
USA	ASTM A975	Double-twisted hexagonal mesh gabions and revet mattresses.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering, Irrigation and Water Resources Engineering
USA	ASTM C143	Slump of hydraulic-cement concrete.	current	Concrete Technology
USA	ASTM C150	Portland cement specification.	current	Concrete Technology
USA	ASTM C39	Compressive strength of cylindrical concrete specimens.	current	Concrete Technology, Building Materials
USA	ASTM C494	Chemical admixtures for concrete.	current	Concrete Technology
USA	ASTM D1557	Laboratory compaction of soil using modified effort.	current	Soil Mechanics
USA	ASTM D698	Laboratory compaction of soil using standard effort.	current	Soil Mechanics
USA	FAA AC 150/5300-13	Airport design advisory circular.	current	Airport Engineering
USA	FHWA GEC No. 7	Geotechnical Engineering Circular on soil nail walls.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
USA	International Plumbing Code (ICC)	Model code for plumbing systems in buildings.	current	Building Plumbing
USA	NFPA 13	Installation of sprinkler systems.	current	Building Plumbing
USA	National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)	Federal law requiring environmental review of major federal actions.	current	Environmental Impact Assessment
USA	PMI PMBOK Guide / ANSI standard for project management	Framework of project management principles and practices.	current	Cost Management, Project Management, Schedule Management
USA	Uniform Plumbing Code (IAPMO)	Model code for plumbing systems in buildings.	current	Building Plumbing

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