Instead of excavating to below the frostline, insulate below the edge of the slab and out from the building.
Editor relates his talk from the Principia Decking and Railing Conference wherein he described common poor deck-building practices of the past
The American Ladder Institute offers free online ladder safety training.
There is a proposal in front of the ICC Code Committee to incorporate a great deal of deck-specific detailing in the 2015 IRC.
Deck collapse in Blacksburg, VA, home of VA Tech
