Question: Design a 5 0 ' x 2 8 ' floor system with a central beam. Use spruce - pine - fir # 2 for the

Design a 50' x 28' floor system with a central beam. Use spruce-pine-fir #2 for the floor joists, 16" on center. Size the girders (beams) for a combined live and dead load of 50 PSF and a span of 10 feet between posts.
1. How many joists are required? Show your work.
2. How many linear feet of band joist are required? Show your work.
3. What size joists are required? Give all three dimensions.
4. How many sheets of sub-floor are required to deck it off? Show your work.
5. What size glulam beam is needed?
6. What size built up beam is needed?
7. Make a sketch of the walls, showing dimensions where necessary. Sketch the center beam. Show the locations of the posts and show the direction of the joists. (It is not necessary to show every joist.)

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