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    Anchoring baseplates into slab on grade?

    So I've gotten updated drawings finally. Showing a 100' x 40' mezzanine with columns spaced at about 20'. Plus they want joists with slab on deck (probably 4" slab). So that puts me at 40 psf for slab + 10 psf for partitions + 50 psf LL (office). 100 psf x 400 ft sq. for center column gives you...
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    Designing slab on metal deck

    Hey all, How's it going? My first post. I'm designing a mezzanine structure with a slab on metal deck. I'm planning on using a non composite deck, 1.5 inch. I'm trying to reduce the DL as much as possible and am thinking I can get away with a lower thickness slab if I go with a composite deck...

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