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Figure 3-83:Open walkways donot provide protectionfrom wind-borne debris.Hurricane Katrina(Mississippi, 2005)3.4.2 Structural SystemsBecause of the exceptionally good wind performance and windbornedebris resistance that reinforced cast-in-place concretestructures offer, a reinforced concrete roof deck and reinforcedconcrete or reinforced and fully grouted CMU exterior walls arerecommended as follows:Roof deck: A minimum 4-inch thick cast-in-place reinforced concretedeck is the preferred deck. Other recommended decksare minimum 4-inch thick structural concrete topping over steeldecking, and precast concrete with an additional minimum 4-inchstructural concrete topping.If these recommendations are not followedfor critical facilities located in areas wherethe basic wind speed is 100 mph or greater,it is recommended that the roof assemblybe able to resist complete penetration of thedeck by the “D” missile specified in ASTM E1996 (2005, see text box in Section 3.4.3.1).If precast concrete is used for the roof orwall structure, the connections should becarefully designed, detailed, andconstructed.MAKING CRITICAL FACILITIES SAFE FROM High Wind3-101

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