Roof Live Load: Reducible Or Not?

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Published by Nucor Building Systems, this March 2007 edition of Tips From Engineering discusses the definition of roof live load, and why designers, builders and building owners would want to reduce it. The information was written by Matthew Oakes, P.E., Project Engineer for Nucor Building Systems.

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