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bearing wallor load-bearing wallWall that carries the load of floors and roof above in addition to its own weight. The traditional masonry bearing wall is thickened in proportion to the forces it has to resist: its own weight, the dead load of floors and roof, the live load of people, as well as the lateral forces of arches, vaults, and wind. Such walls may be much thicker toward the base, where maximum loads accumulate. Bearing walls may also be framed and sheathed or constructed of reinforced concrete. |
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| The building needed a street presence, but misplaced loading docks and switchgear room, an entry five feet above grade, insufficient elevators, excess stairwells and a 12-story bearing wall each stood in the way. The limonitic clay-rich hanging-wall veins and white clay-sercite-pyrite bearing wall rocks did not contain significant gold values. Dunn--like others who spoke at the hearing--wants the code to prohibit future WTC-like structures (which consisted of a hollow tube bearing wall with long truss floors. |
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