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    Which is more conservative? IBC or AASHTO?

    My apologies, I should have clarified. This is mainly for retaining walls designed with no live load surcharge from traffic. The project I am working on encompasses several different reviewing entities (DOT, RR and county code enforcement per building code). I am trying to get one design to...
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    Which is more conservative? IBC or AASHTO?

    I know this is a pretty broad question, but as I deal mostly in transportation related projects, we typically design per AASHTO LRFD. For a municipal project, I would like to still design that way, but was unsure if there is a quick definitive answer as to if an AASHTO LRFD design would be...

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