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How do I show a calcuation that will prove increase of members, panels and fastners do what I say they are going to do?

The code says we have to use shear walls. The building department will not determine the wind direction and has told us that all walls will be shear walls to cover all wind directions. The code says that corners must be full hieght sheathed with 27" for one-story and 32" for two-story...

We have changed codes requiring us to design in a 110mph wind load. We must comply with sstd 10-99. This also says that we can not have anymore than a 7/12 pitch on our roofs unless we submit design calcs. I could use a little help with some design ideas and we are not going to engineered trusses.

We have updated to a higher wind load of 110 mph. We are also having to comply with sstd 10-99. This however creates a problem with the corners of our buildings such as at our garage doors where we can not have the required to be sheathed corners of 27" for one story and 32" for two...