The Oregon Design Criteria Hub is an interactive mapping tool that provides site-specific climatic and geographic design criteria for construction projects governed by the Oregon Residential Specialty Code (ORSC) and the Oregon Structural Specialty Code (OSSC).
For the
ORSC, all of the following criteria is shown:
- Ground snow load
- Basic design wind speed
- Seismic Design Category
- Weathering potential
- Frost line depth
- Decay potential
- Air freezing index
For the
OSSC, all of the following criteria is shown:
- Ground snow load
- Basic design wind speed
- Seismic ground motion values
The tool was developed by Oregon State University’s (OSU) Oregon Explorer Program, which is a collaboration among OSU Libraries and Press (OSULP) and the Institute for Natural Resources (INR) at OSU.
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