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Foundation Stability
Ya, that's what i've done in the past. It's frustrating when older supposedly "more experienced" engineers beat me over the head for being "too conservative" for compensating for this particular situation. I explain the it to them, but they don't seem to understand; and don't seem to want to...- junkbird
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- Forum: Structural engineering general discussion
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Foundation Stability
When the IBC changed the load combinations that have reduced dead load (0.9DL to 0.6DL +WL or EQ) they also changed the foundation stability factor proportionally from 1.5 to 1.0. This seems to assume that these particular load combinations always govern when it comes to foundation stability...- junkbird
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- Forum: Structural engineering general discussion
