Consider the office building shown below. The building is located in New Orleans

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Consider the office building shown below. The building is located in New Orleans, LA, at ground level near the coast. The structure is a reinforced concrete frame. Assume the following values for dead and live loads: Dead load from slab: ws = 70 lb/ft2 Self-weight of beams: Wb = 45 lb/ft Self-weight of columns: wc = 70 lb/ft Live loads: W1 = 30 lb/ft2 Compute the loads transferred to the bottom of (A) column D4 at the first floor, (B) column B3 third floor, and (C) column C3 at the fifth floor (sec figures) for the following load cases: Dead loads, D (including own weights of the structural system components) [2 points for each column] Live loads, L [3 points for each column]

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Support settlement or displacement Fire Corrosion Explosion Creep or shrinkage Impact from vehicles or machinery Loads during construction

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