Learn Live: 2024 IBC – Load Path, Load Combinations and Risk Factors

Provides information to assist building officials during the plan review process on the proper evaluation of structural loads per the 2024 International Building Code® (IBC®) and the IBC-referenced 2022 ASCE/SEI 7 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE 7-22).  This presentation covers load paths and load combinations used in allowable stress design and strength design. Also discussed are risk categories assigned to buildings based on hazards associated with their damage or failure by nature of their occupancy or use.