Workflow & tools
Load Takedown for a Change of Use
Turning an office into flats, a shop into a gym or a house into a clinic changes the imposed load. Here is how to rerun the takedown and what to check.
Sam Rivera··10 min
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Load Takedown
3 posts tagged “Load Takedown”.
Load paths
CLT and Timber Frame Load Takedowns
The method is the same, the proportions are not. Timber self-weight is a quarter of concrete, so live load dominates and connections govern.
Sam Rivera··12 min
Workflow & tools
Load Takedown for a Vertical Extension, Run Twice
Adding storeys is a takedown run twice: existing loads versus found reserves, new storeys versus old footings. The workflow that decides what a building buys.
Elena Marchetti··10 min