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Library Stackroom Loads in 1956 1

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WDM

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Jul 1, 2002
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Does anyone know what the live loading would have been on a 1956 library floor in the Southeast USA?
The oldest code I have access to (mid 1980's)indicates 125 psf. I am analizing this existing waffle slab for new compact shelving loads of 200 psf. Thanks
 
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1967 National Building Code lists stack rooms at 150 psf...reading rooms at 60 psf and corridors of libraries at 100 psf.

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ANSI A58.1-1955 (the standard that preceeded the ASCE 7 documents - lists library stack rooms at 150 psf and Reading rooms at 60 psf.
 
Thanks JAE. Your response is greatly appreciated.
 
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