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    Questions on CMU to wood diaphragm design

    Radiocontrolhead, this is new construction. Retired13, I haven’t yet looked to see if the end walls can take it without the roof. The mass was mainly from the cmu block. I was just starting preliminary numbers as I have mostly done wood frame design, but will be diving more into it next week...
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    Questions on CMU to wood diaphragm design

    Not really a choice being in site class D
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    Questions on CMU to wood diaphragm design

    Thanks for the responses. I had chosen 2 for ordinary reinforced masonry just as a quick pull from the table. But after your responses I went back to it and since I’m in seismic D need to go to special reinforced which will allow me to go to R of 5. I appreciate you guys taking a look at it.
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    Questions on CMU to wood diaphragm design

    JAE, this was at the 0.7E so would be a bit more going to the 1.0. msquared48, I’m in Northern CA. R value of 2 and I of 1.0
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    Questions on CMU to wood diaphragm design

    I've been reading on these forums a lot over the past few years and it's a wealth of information. I typically do wood frame design but have a project I'm working on that is a CMU car wash building with a wood frame truss for the roof. The structure is essentially 16' wide x 50'8" long. The...
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