In IBC 2000 (nased on 97 Nehrp)
w (effective seismic weight) is calculated the following ways:
W= total dead load + ....
Warehouses 25% live
BUildings with partitions 10 psf
Snow Load> 30 psf 20% snow
Permanent Equipment 100% dead
Well, the reason I ask is because it is SDC "d". The PE bldg is braced with special masonry reinf. shearwalls. I beleive that the pe bldg frame musy only have to take 25% of the seismic load. Thx for your input.
Is a pre-engineered building frame an ordinary, intermediate, or special moment frame? Or can it be any of these depending on what the owner/code requires?
thanks.