Can you talk to your geotechnical engineer, and let him know your predicament?. The actual soil bearing cappacity may be higher that what was in the geotech report.
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With seismic loads, and a rigid floor diaphragm I apply the load at the center of mass and let the computer distribite the force to the braces according to theirrelative stiffness's.
Is wind load on a building with rigid diaphragms applied in the same way? Or is wind load applied to...
