Thank you so much! Everyone has been very helpful! If you think of anything else that might apply or help me I will continue to appreciate your support.
Yes, it does affect the lateral system as both perimeter walls above and below the offset are shear walls. I'm trying to justify the offset by saying that the 6' is small. Also the floor diaphragm between these walls is a pretty substantial concrete on metal deck diaphragm that I'm thinking can...
I have a building where the footprint of the second story is 6 feet narrower than the first story. This offset occurs only on one side of the building- i.e. only along one perimeter wall line. It's a large building so the 6 foot offset is relatively minor. The overall square footage of the...
Here's a simplified sketch of the situation. I have plenty of shear wall possibilities as the building is divided into many units. I'm using wood shear walls at the wood diaphragm locations and CMU shear walls under the conc deck diaphragm location.
I was hoping to make the wood diaphragm on...
I'm trying to determine if I can make a "continuous diaphragm" out of a second floor that has 1/3 of the square footage is concrete on metal deck and 2/3 is wood sheathing on wood joists. A little more background: it is a three story building that is framed out of all wood members except for...
