Part 1 – Problem 03: In the SDC – Existing Construction Documents, it is stated that the horizontal struts intersecting braces for floor 1 are “only located adjacent to and in-place of braces”. Does this imply that beams along the mid-height are not intersected by interior beams?

At the mid-height of floor one (3” elevation from the ground), there are no interior beams. The horizontal struts at the mid-height of floor one are only on the exterior of the structure in the locations shown on the elevations. Interior beams do intersect exterior beams and braces at all subsequent floors.