Truss Bracing Changes in the IBC
Truss Bracing Changes in the IBC
(OP)
I was redlining another companies drawings and noticed that they didn't include very much in the way of truss notes or bracing info. There response was "it is not our responsibility".
Based on some eng tips discussions from previous years, and my own experience, it seems that it WAS common for the EOR to design and specify the permanent truss bracing. I seems the IBC 2009 has changed that to read that either the truss designer OR the EOR can design it. IBC 2303.4.3 pretty clearly states that it is the truss manufacturer who needs to design permanent bracing.
Here is an article I found published in 2012 that describes these changes.
http://www.gostructural.com/magazine-article-gostr...
If anyone has 2 cents on this, I would love to hear it.






RE: Truss Bracing Changes in the IBC
Garth Dreger PE - AZ Phoenix area
As EOR's we should take the responsibility to design our structures to support the components we allow in our design per that industry standards.