The pop up roof is both 15% of the area of the total roof and 15% of the weight of the total...
For ease of numbers let's say that:
The pop-up roof weight =15kips
The main roof weight = 85kips
Total roof weight =100kips
15/100 = 15%
I think strictly speaking from the code I will need to use an...
I have a one story building that has a roof pop-up about 4' higher than the main roof centered in the building with clear-story windows all around the pop-up. I would like to brace the popped up roof with steel columns that would be treated as pinned at the foundation and pinned at the main...
I am reviewing an ICC Report for a stucco system that an architect would like to use (ESR-1240). The allowable wind load for the system is 25 psf per section 5.10. It doesn't specify what trib area my component and cladding wind pressure calculations should be based off of. Does anyone here...