EngDM
Structural
- Aug 10, 2021
- 652
Can you design walls for residential applications to the 1 in 10 year return period, and then for strength use 1 in 50 years? I can't find in the NBCC 2015 or 2020 an actual application of the 1 in 10 return period. Anyone ran into this before? We are seeing some engineers get 2x6 walls to work for much taller walls than what we are used to, even designing to L/180 as per O86.