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- Jun 21, 2006
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The NYC Building code gives presumptive load bearing values for soil types that are considerably higher than the presumptive bearing values of the IRC/IBC codes. The Data Book for Civil Engineers by Elwyn E. Seele cited these values from the NYC code back in the 1940s-1950s in a manner that seemed to suggest they were more widely applicable.
Can anyone pride any insight in to why these values are so much higher in the NYC code, and to what extent can they be used beyond NYC? Not looking at this from a code jurisdiction point of view, but rather practically speaking, is it realistic to expect similar bearing capacities elsewhere?
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Can anyone pride any insight in to why these values are so much higher in the NYC code, and to what extent can they be used beyond NYC? Not looking at this from a code jurisdiction point of view, but rather practically speaking, is it realistic to expect similar bearing capacities elsewhere?
Chapter 18 Soils and Foundations: Soils and Foundations, New York State Building Code 2020 | UpCodes
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