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    Residential Vehicle Guardrail and Retaining Wall

    Hi, I am designing a guardrail to be atop a 6 ft retaining wall along a residential driveway. The architect is showing 3x8 rail members spaced between posts @ 8' o.c. I have not found any loading in the residential code to use so I have been using the IBC/ASCE 6000 lb load applied at 1'3-2'3...
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    Calculating Wind Load on Banner

    Hi, I have a banner 17'x4' that will span from building to building 16ft above a street. I have seen a couple posts on this, but nothing super clear. How should I go about calculating the wind load on the banner as I don't believe it can be considered a sign as the cupping action of the banner...

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