Council tables western‑Washington snow‑load proposal, approves wind‑load transition table
The council asked for re-review of a proposal to adopt ground snow loads for roof design in western Washington and supported adopting a transition wind-load table/figure to smooth coastal wind-load boundaries.
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The Building Code Council reviewed structural proposals including a petition by the Structural Engineers Association of Washington to allow a roof snow load equal to the ground snow load in specified Western Washington buildings. A council structural representative said adopting that change would increase design loads for many buildings and asked that the snow-load proposal be set aside for re-review.
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