Part I_Significance SEI, minimum design loads and associated criteria for buildings and other structures Description: Reston, Virginia: American Society of Civil Engineers, [] Earlier versions of the standard have title: Minimum design loads for buildings and other structures. ChapterGeneral–ChapterCombinations of The most up-to-date and coordinated loading standard for general structural design. ASCE describes the means for determining design loads including dead, live, soil, flood, ASCE prov