PRESCRIPTIVEMETHODFORRESIDENTIALCOLD-FORMEDSTEELFRAMINGSecondEditionPreparedforTheU.S.DepartmentofHousingandUrbanDevelopmentOfficeofPolicyDevelopmentandResearchWashington,DCCo-SponsoredbyTheAmericanIronandSteelInstituteWashington,DCandTheNationalAssociationofHomeBuildersWashington,DCbyNAHBResearchCenter,Inc.400PrinceGeorge'sBoulevardUpperMarlboro,MD20774-8731August1997CONTENTS5.0STEELFLOORFRAMING..............................................................................................215.1FloorConstruction................................................................................................215.2FloortoFoundationorBearingWallConnection.................................................215.3AllowableJoistSpans...........................................................................................215.4JoistBracing.........................................................................................................215.5FloorCantilevers...................................................................................................225.6Splicing.................................................................................................................225.7FramingofFloorOpenings...................................................................................225.8FloorTrusses.........................................................................................................225.0STEELFLOORFRAMING5.1FloorConstructionCold-formedsteelframingmembersshallcomplywiththeprovisionsofSection2.0.SteelfloorsshallbeconstructedinaccordancewiththissectionandFigure5.1.5.1.1ApplicabilityLimitsTheapplicabilitylimitsofSection1.3andTable1.1shallapply.5.1.2In-LineFraming.Loadbearingsteelfloorframing,wallframing,andceiling/roofframingshallbeconstructedin-linewiththeverticalloadbearingmembers(i.e.studs)locatedbelow.Amaximumtoleranceof3/4inch(19mm)betweenthecenterlinesofthein-linemembersshallbepermittedinaccordancewithFigure1.2.5.2FloortoFoundationorBearingWallCon...
