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ASCE 7-98 table C7-3

Thread starter Illiniwoods
Start date Aug 3, 2004

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Aug 3, 2004

Illiniwoods

Structural

I cannot find an errata sheet addressing the following. I am trying to convert Canadian ground snow loads (3.3% probability) so I can use them with 7-98. The table C7-3 indicates a multiplier of 1.15, but a few paragraphs from the end of C7.2 a multiplier of 1.18 is used. Which one should I use?