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General Design

All structural steel sections and welded plate members shall be designed in accordance with the latest edition of MBMA and the AISC, "Specifications for Design, Fabrication and Erection of Structural Steel for Buildings."

All light gauge cold formed structural members and exterior covering shall be designed in accordance with the latest addition of AISC, "Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members."

Design load requirements shall be as determined by local building codes, and as per Manufacturers recommended design referencing the "Low Rise Systems Manual" of the Metal Building Manufactures Association, the U.B.C. and the IBC 2000 codes.

The basic design loads for HCI standard buildings include roof snow loads, wind loads, dead and seismic loads.