本指南介绍了简化方法和设计技术，可在一定限制范围内促进和加快低层建筑的工程设计。材料的呈现顺序遵循典型的设计过程，并介绍了设计师在建筑设计过程中需要的程序。本指南中的大部分信息源自ACI 318、ASCE 7和2015年国际建筑规范（IBC）（国际规范委员会2015）。施工中使用的材料的质量和测试参考适当的ASTM标准规范。尽管本指南中包含的许多表格、图表和数值源自上述参考文件，但它们已被修改或重新组织，以便更保守，与设计流程相匹配，或更好地支持所提出的整体和简化设计方法。 尽管本指南并非以强制性语言编写，但信息的呈现方式应确保按照本指南设计的结构原则上符合其所依据的规范和标准。尽管本指南是以非强制性语言编写的，但它是作为一个整体来使用的，因为简化的规定是相互依存的，仅使用本指南的一部分而忽略其余部分是不安全的。本指南不是规范，也不被视为符合ACI 318、ASCE 7和国际建筑规范（国际规范委员会2015）。本指南预计在低强度钢筋混凝土设计工程师的教育和培训中特别有用- 中小型楼层区域的上升结构。本指南中没有考虑这些标准中的许多选项，例如在混凝土混合物中使用辅助胶凝材料。由于本指南将被用作设计辅助工具，因此是持照设计专业人士吗？承包商有责任确保结构设计满足ACI 318、ASCE 7、国际建筑规范（国际规范委员会2015）和当地司法管辖区的法律要求。该指南的初稿以ACI IPS-1（2002）的名义出版，由哥伦比亚技术标准与认证研究所（ICONTEC）和哥伦比亚地震工程协会（AIS）联合委员会编制。 ACI IPS-1（2002）的最初起草是基于世界范围内的频繁讨论，即钢筋混凝土规范对于某些应用来说可能不必要地复杂，例如小型低层建筑。通过实验和经验获得的关于钢筋混凝土性能的最新知识，以及其作为一种世界范围内使用的结构材料的地位和传播，使得制定简化的设计和施工指南成为可能。本指南以ACI IPS-1（2002）为基础，信息来源于ACI 318、ASCE 7和《国际建筑规范》（国际规范委员会2015）。 本指南介绍了帮助工程师在一定限制范围内设计低层建筑的简化方法，除以下内容外:（a）设计过程中所需顺序的信息（b）适当位置的解释材料（c）只需要手动计算器的计算（d）图表和图形解释（e）基于简化强度模型的设计信息（f）最小尺寸（g）保守荷载和简化分析指南（h）考虑的其他极限状态简化的岩土工程信息有助于将土壤承载力（i）剪力墙定义为地震荷载- 抗力系统（j）材料和施工指南，基于可现场混合的常用钢种和中等强度混凝土。

This guide presents simplified methods and design techniques that facilitate and speed the engineering of low-rise buildings within certain limitations. Material is presented in an order that follows typical design process with procedures introduced as the designer will need them in the course of a building design. Much of the information presented in this guide is derived from ACI 318, ASCE 7, and the 2015 International Building Code (IBC) (International Code Council 2015). The quality and testing of materials used in construction are covered by references to the appropriate ASTM standard specifications.Whereas many of the tables, charts, and values included in this guide originated from the aforementioned reference documents, they have been modified or reorganized to be more conservative, to match design process flow, or better support the holistic and simplified design approach presented.Although this guide is not written in mandatory language, the information is presented in such a manner that a structure designed following this guide will, in principle, comply with the codes and standards on which it was based. Although this guide is written in nonmandatory language, it is meant to be applied as a whole, because the simplified provisions are interdependent, and it would be unsafe to employ only a portion of this guide and disregard the remainder. This guide is not a code and is not deemed to satisfy ACI 318, ASCE 7, and the International Building Code (International Code Council 2015). This guide is expected to be especially useful in the education and training of engineers in reinforced concrete design of low-rise structures of small to medium floor areas.There are many options within these standards that are not considered in this guide, such as the use of supplementary cementitious materials in concrete mixtures. As this guide will be used as a design aid, it is the licensed design professional?s responsibility to ensure that the structure design satisfies the requirements of ACI 318, ASCE 7, the International Building Code (International Code Council 2015), and the legal requirements of the local jurisdiction. The original draft of the guide, published as ACI IPS-1 (2002), was produced by a Joint Committee of Instituto Colombiano de Normas Técnicas y Certificación (Colombian Institute for Technical Standards and Certification) (ICONTEC) and Asociación Colombiana de Ingenieria Sismica (Colombian Association for Earthquake Engineering) (AIS).The initial drafting of ACI IPS-1 (2002) was motivated by frequent worldwide discussions that reinforced concrete codes might be unnecessarily sophisticated for some applications, such as small low-rise buildings. Current knowledge of reinforced concrete behavior obtained through experimentation and experience, and its status and dissemination as a structural material used worldwide, made developing a simplified design and construction guide feasible. This guide used ACI IPS-1 (2002) as a basis, with information derived from ACI 318, ASCE 7, and the International Building Code (International Code Council 2015).This guide presents simplified approaches to assist engineers in designing low-rise buildings within certain limitations, in addition to the following:(a) Information on the order needed in the course of a design(b) Explanatory material at appropriate places(c) Computations only requiring a hand calculator(d) Graphs and graphical explanations(e) Design information based on simplified strength models(f) Other limit states accounted for by minimum dimensions(g) Conservative loads and simplified analysis guidelines(h) Simplified geotechnical information to help define soil-bearing capacity(i) Shear walls as the seismic-force-resisting system(j) Material and construction guidelines based on commonly available steel grades and medium-strength concrete that can be site mixed.