Friday, January 11, 2008

Difference between SCBF OCBF

I am currently working on the design of a building with an Occupancy category of IV in the Southern California area.   The building meets the requirements for OCBF Seismic Design Cat. D and is under 35'.  I was wondering if there are any other requirements, since the building is an essential facility, which would require me to use SCBF?