1. Select southern pine (S4S) simply supported joists to carry a floor live load of 120 psf and a superimposed dead load of 20 psf. The joist spacing will be 16 in. and the span will be 14 ft
2. A 15-ft-span simply supported hem-fir (S4S) beam supports the contributory load of a width of 10 ft of floor. The live load is 50 psf and the superimposed dead load is 50 psf. Select a beam with a depth of not more than 18 in.