AISC Steel Construction Manual (5th Edition) is a technical publication by the american-institute-of-steel-construction (AISC). It serves as a standard reference for allowable factors and design requirements for structural steel.
In the context of the 1935-miami-dade-building-code, specifically 1935-Miami-Dade-Building-Code_p325_344, this manual was formally adopted as the governing standard for structural steel requirements within the City of Miami. Ordinance No. 3703, passed in 1949, amended Chapter 27 (“Steel and Iron”) of the Building Code to mandate the use of the 5th Edition of the AISC Steel Construction Manual for determining allowable factors in structural steel construction (p. 336).
This adoption aligns with broader concepts of structural-steel-design and building-material-specifications within the code.