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Structure: Basic Design
311.4
PERMANENT AND ADAPTABLE COMPONENTS
The entire structure is conceived as permanent for the life of the building,
with the exception of a topping slab which is removed as required to
depress floor mounted fixtures and to take up the differences in thickness
of various floor finishes typical in hospitals. The topping slab is placed
over a bond breaker so that, in the case of future alterations, the
permissible depth of slab removed is evident. The structural slab must
also be capable of accepting changes in the location of those small
elements which penetrate it, as described in Section 313.5.4, Paragraph
2.
Figure 310-1.
BASIC DESIGN OF STRUCTURAL SUBSYSTEM
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