Does anyone know why New York City when it published its new building code in 2008 made the base wind speed in the city to be 98 mph. Per the 2005 ASCE 7 the wind speed across Manhattan was somewhere between 103 and 110, depending on where you interpolated on the wind speed map. With the 2010...
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I'm an architect, the engineering submittals I see for balcony rails typically state that wind and railing live loads are not considered concurrent because the balcony is assumed not be occupied during a 50 year wind storm, 98mph wind speed in my area.
The IBC and ASCE 7 has...
