1928 Live Loads
1928 Live Loads
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I am currently working on a renovation of an old historic hotel designed in 1928. Any idea what the required design live loads were in the 1920's (for the rooms and the assembly areas)? There are no surviving drawings of the building. The entire structure is cast in place concrete.






RE: 1928 Live Loads
http://www.slideruleera.net/miscellaneous.html
And click on the 8th line down titled: "Carnegie Pocket Companion - 1923".
This brings up a pdf file of the document - go to page 265 of the document (page 135/189 of the pdf file) and it lists common live loads of the era.
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In most cases, this is simply back-calculating a live load capacity from the member sizes, reinforcing, material property assumptions, etc.
Having at least a historical idea of floor live load requirements, while not essential, might be a bit enlightening....in other words, couldn't hurt to know.
RE: 1928 Live Loads
Is this old historic hotel on the National Historic Register? If so, there may already be a write-up on it's history in DC. Might find some information there.
It's a long shot, but you never know.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
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Motivation: Don't ask
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