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Thanks for the input everyone. Bookowski, "You would think that NYC would have some of the more advanced codes in the US." You have no idea... Before the 2008 Code was adopted, the effective code dated from 1968 it was most likely the most outdated archaic and unorganized code in the...

Does anyone know why New York City when it published its new building code in 2008 made the base wind speed in the city to be 98 mph. Per the 2005 ASCE 7 the wind speed across Manhattan was somewhere between 103 and 110, depending on where you interpolated on the wind speed map. With the 2010...

Thanks for all the comments, this is on a big building, 45 stories, we have a wind tunnel study and there are substantial wind loads the infill panels guards are glass. So it is substantially solid. Thanks Again. John Rolka

thread507-250820 I'm an architect, the engineering submittals I see for balcony rails typically state that wind and railing live loads are not considered concurrent because the balcony is assumed not be occupied during a 50 year wind storm, 98mph wind speed in my area. The IBC and ASCE 7 has...

I have a couple of freinds practicing architecture in Rangoon, they are working as local architects for a number of embassy projects that are designed by firms in the UK and Australia. They have first world specifications and a third world construction site. Local contractors are doing the...