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Soil on concrete structure, DL or LL? 1
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++1 Dead load for downward gravity. This should not be reduced in load combos as it doesn't vary from time to time and will be supplemental to any true live load and won't get LL reduction factors.
+1 Live for seismic and uplift but I am on the fence about this. In a seismic event it may be liquified and unfixed, uplift is just being conservative... Never had to deal with this before.
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+1 Live for seismic and uplift but I am on the fence about this. In a seismic event it may be liquified and unfixed, uplift is just being conservative... Never had to deal with this before.
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