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    My contractor wants to hang stairs off my braced frame

    We are the EOR in this particular case. We proportioned the framing so that the stairs would be supported differently. In this instance, we are looking to see if anyone has had experience with detailing a hanger from seismic lateral bracing. The deformations between the life safety stair and the...
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    My contractor wants to hang stairs off my braced frame

    I'm more concerned about whether or not local building codes allow life safety stairs to be hung off of diagonal braces than the design. Are there any limitations?
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    My contractor wants to hang stairs off my braced frame

    I'm checking shop drawings for a particular project and have run into some conflicts with stair hangers and the building's braced frames, which rise up alongside the stair. The contractor originally intended to hang the stairs eccentrically off of a horizontal braced frame member that was not...
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