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Originally Posted by bomberjet
The got dang cross-bracing on 127 Bannatyne. Can't you structural engineers come up with something better?! lol At least hide it. Put it in a wall. Same for Pumphouse site. Just bare bones cross-bracing for everyone to see and walk under and mingle about.
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I think the pump house bracing is on purpose - for the "look".
You can sometimes get rid of cross bracing - but it requires more material and bigger columns (especially in steel post/beam construction) - i.e. more $$ - to use something else like a rigid frame or concrete shear wall in it's place.
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