agricultural engineers and professors, University of Minnesota Extension After the many recent roof collapses of agricultural buildings caused by excessive snow loads, we have been monitoring condi… ...

There are obvious errors in the roof framing design that fail to meet current snow load requirements. While I don’t expect a catastrophic failure, recent 2-foot dumps in central New Hampshire show ...

The map is drawn from the same data city officials used at the end of January to mail out 1,070 letters to property owners whose buildings might be susceptible to failure because of the design flaw.

Several significant updates have been added to the new edition of Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures, Standards ASCE/SEI 7-16.. The recently released ...

"We estimate that typical roof snow loads in Anchorage are at 50% to 80% of the total design snow load of 40 pounds per square foot, depending on location, melting," officials wrote. "Time matters.

“We estimate that typical roof snow loads in Anchorage are at 50% to 80% of the total design snow load of 40 pounds per square foot, depending on location, melting,” officials wrote. “Time ...