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I have a cold rolled floor fixing to a universal beam, the typical way we do this is to keep the cold rolled and UB top flanges at the same level and weld plates at 600 ctrs to accept the cold rolled floor panel. Please see the attached sketch.
Since the load is offset from the CL...
I'm a British structural engineer and have never had to consider seismic loading until now...
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