I believe this is a misinterpretation of the DoD criteria by the particular design engineer. To my knowledge there is no attempt to provide bracing outside of the IBC/ASCE7 mandates. If you are looking at a spec that mandates the bracing I would ask for a clarification if your building is Seismic Design Category A or B.
Bill Brooks William N. Brooks, P.E. Brooks Fire Protection Engineering Inc. 372 Wilett Drive Severna Park, MD 21146 410-544-3620 Phone 410-544-3032 FAX 412-400-6528 Cell -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Seismic Protection From: "Steve Leyton" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, June 18, 2009 10:11 am To: <[email protected]> the Federal Government (especially the armed forces branches) are now requiring seismic bracing on just about every project regardless of geographical location. Steve Leyton Protection Design & Consulting San Diego, CA _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
