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Design of New Low-Rise Commercial, Mercantile, and Office Buildings, Part 2

Lecturer:  Vincent A Ettari, PE

In this course, Mr. Ettari will discuss the preliminary steps and issues which are involved in the planning and design of low-rise buildings which will contain commercial, mercantile, or office uses.  Those issues which will be discussed in this course are as follows:

· Existence of the International Code Council and the International Building Code.

· Applicability of the New York State Building Code in New York State

· Applicability of the 2008 New York City Building Code for Premises and Properties located in New York City

· Applicability of Other Supplemental Regulations for Building Construction adopted by other Municipalities located in New York State

· Grandfathering of Existing Building and Uses

· The Applicability and Use of Reference Standards

· Identification of the Live Loads which a Structure must be able to Support

· Differentiating Between the Effects of Live Point Loads vs. Uniform Live Loads

· Determination and Computation of the Dead Loads of the Structure

· Determination and Computation of Environmental Loads which the Structure must be able to Support.

· Determination of Loads on, and from, Cabinetry

· Determination of Loads on Grab-bars, Handrails and Guardrails

· Determination of Loads on Sidewalks and Driveways

· Determination of Loads on Decks and Deck Railings

· Application of Ultimate Strength Design to the Design of Structural Elements

· Application of Allowable Stress Design to the Design of Structural Elements

· Computation of Balanced Snow Load, Snow Drift Load, Snow Slide Load, and Rain On Snow Load

· Analysis and Design of Roof Structures and Roof Rafters

· Analysis and Design of Ceiling Joists

· Analysis and Design of Floor Systems

· Analysis and Design of Beams

· Analysis and Design of Columns

· Analysis and Design of Foundation Walls

· Analysis and Design of Footings

· Design of Steel Structural Elements

· Design of Wood Structural Elements

· Design of Reinforced Concrete Structural Elements