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ASCE 7 has a section for crane loads in Chapter 4, Section 4.10. That's what I used when I've designed crane supports. ------------------------------ Robert Kuhn P.E., S.E., M.ASCE MNGR DESIGN ENG Vulcan Materials Co Glendale CA ------------------------------

For the United States, each state has different licencing requirements so you'll have to see what State you want. As a minimum, I think all require the FE exam so that would be the first step. ------------------------------ Robert Kuhn P.E., S.E., M.ASCE MNGR DESIGN ENG Vulcan Materials Co Glendale ...

My understanding is the same as your impression that since the Ss and S1 values are now mapped for specific locations, the "near-fault" factors in the old UBC are no longer applicable. Of course the net result in areas where there previously was a near-fault factor is usually a higher loading since the ...

I'm not famiiliar with Sketchup but most CAD programs allow you to save as a .dxf file which can be read by Autocad as well as other CAD programs. ------------------------------ Robert Kuhn P.E., M.ASCE MNGR DESIGN ENG Vulcan Materials Co Glendale CA ------------------------------