I am checking existing steel roof framing members for support of replaced roof top mechanical equipment. Obviously, I need to design per the '06 IBC/'07 CBC for seismic forces and will be using ASD equation 16-20 of the IBC/CBC. Based on Sec. 1605.3.1.1 it looks like a 1/3 increase in allowable stresses for the existing steel roof members is no longer allowed when considering seismic loads. Is this correct?
Thanks in advance,
Larry Hauer
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