[GSBN] Zone D Load Bearing

[Darcey Messner Donovan]

Hi Mark,

What about the PAKSBAB system? It's load-bearing, single story,
simple/low-cost, and appropriate for Seismic Design Category D (passed
rigorous seismic trials).

The experimental report and executive summary are available on the BuildWell
Source -
http://www.buildwelllibrary.org/building-materials/fibers-1/straw-1/straw-ba
le-1/210-paksbab-experimental-report-and-appendix-darcey-donovan-2014 and
http://www.buildwelllibrary.org/building-materials/fibers-1/straw-1/straw-ba
le-1/209-paksbab-report-executive-summary-darcey-donovan-2014.

Feel free to contact me for more info.

Kind regards,

Darcey

Darcey Messner Donovan, P.E.
Pakistan Straw Bale and Appropriate Building (PAKSBAB)
+1-530-902-5516 Ph
darcey at paksbab.org
www.paksbab.org


-----Original Message-----
From: Gsbn [mailto:gsbn-bounces at sustainablesources.com] On Behalf Of Big M
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Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 6:41 PM
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Subject: [GSBN] Zone D Load Bearing

Greetings all,

I have been contacted to possibly build nine straw bale homes in Idaho. They
are on a tight budget and I would like to build these as load bearing single
story homes. Any thoughts out there on Zone D seismic and being able to do
this. I have done load bearing in Zone C but not D. 

Thanks for your valuable thoughts,
Mark

Mark Jensen
Owner

Big M Construction
PO Box 1596
Bozeman, MT 59771

(406)599-4220 (Cell)
(815) 305-1393 (Fax)

bigmconst at gmail.com



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