Structural drift joint at exterior brick veneer

[EdBIM]

Hi, I work for a light gauge framing company and we have to frame the exterior of a building and the structural detail shows a drift track on brick veneer, the bottom part of the wall is from the slab to the drift joint at 10ft without any other connection to structure, my question is the drift joint track can carry all the bricks load plus wind, seismic , etc?

The DTSL track spec on website mention a max allowable load of 625 lbs.

Thanks

 

[JAE]

Uh...you might simply contact the Engineer of Record and ask?

 

[hokie66]

"Drift joint" may be a thing, but it is new to me. Very strange detail. You have a shelf angle supported on the flange (not web) of a light gauge stud, which is in turn supported on a light gauge track. The track has to span both vertically and horizontally to supports which we can't see in just the detail.

You are right to be concerned about this arrangement.

 

[XR250]

When I was doing light gage, they had a "drift clip" that was a clip that was able to move vertically and horizontally. I imagine it still exists. It all seem like a bunch of nonsense to me as the Arch. never detailed what happens at the corner of the building when the structure sways, but the brick doesn't.