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You have been tasked with designing a building for storing extremely hazardous materials. According to ASCE 7-10, what is the risk category for this building? Note that specific examples for each category are listed in the ASCE 7 commentary at the end of the document.

A 13-ft-long, simply-supported beam supports a uniformly distributed dead load of 50 lb/ft. Determine the maximum bending moment in the beam.

If a building contains columns that are evenly spaced every 26 feet in the north-south direction and 22 feet in the east-west direction, the tributary area of a typical exterior column would be _______.

A dead load of 14.1 psf acts on a roof with a 2/12 inch/inch pitch. Determine the equivalent flat-roof load.

The density of a dried piece of 2×8 Southern Pine dimension lumber that is 8 feet long and has a moisture content of 13% is _______.

If a building contains columns that are evenly spaced every 15 feet in the north-south direction and 24 feet in the east-west direction, the tributary area of a typical corner column would be _______.

A 11-ft-long, simply-supported beam supports a concentrated dead load of 400 lb at its center. Determine the maximum bending moment in the beam.

A column is loaded in compression as follows. What is the controlling factored load for ASD?Dead load: 18 kipsFloor live load: 6 kipsRoof rain load: 3 kipsRoof live load: 10 kips

A column is loaded in compression as follows. What is the controlling factored load for ASD?Dead load: 23 kipsFloor live load: 8 kipsRoof rain load: 6 kipsRoof live load: 10 kips

Determine the flat roof snow load, pf, for an unheated building with a roof that is sheltered in terrain category D and has a risk category of II. Assume the ground snow load is 37 psf. Do not consider the minimum roof snow load, pm.