After the many recent roof collapses of agricultural buildings caused by excessive snow loads, we have been monitoring conditions in a research effort to relieve or reduce the amount of snow that ...

Our phone starts to ring as snow loads build up. The callers ask: “How much snow is safe on our roof?” The answer is … it’s complicated! There is no generic answer for how much snow a roof can handle.

As Anchorage commercial buildings continue imploding under this year’s exceptionally heavy snow load, city officials published a map detailing which properties are at the highest risk of failure ...

New snow load maps incorporating regional snow data for areas that previously required site-specific case study zones Updated rain duration provisions that align design requirements with International ...

Data from Montana State University shows that snow load, the safe limit of pressure engineers have to design buildings to withstand, varies widely across the state.

Jan. 24—Building officials in Anchorage have issued new guidance to residential and commercial building owners advising them to clear heavy snow loads from roofs, adding another measure of ...

“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.