Does anyone have the link to NCSEA's "Essential Resources for a Structural Engineers' Library"?
I found it years ago and put them into a amazon price tracker and buy a book whenever a used one shows up for cheap. Secret's out, I guess.
The version I have is August, 2014.
I've used it many times over my 10 years as a consulting SE. Usually the managing director will respond and discuss his thoughts, provide tables, potential options, any additional information required.
Very prompt and have had a couple phone conversations picking his brain about this or that...
I'm interested in how many structural engineers have this in place. Haven't heard of it at any of the 4 firms I've worked for.
I've asked to see the firm insurance before, but never an agreement with employees that stamp drawings.
I would definitely be interested in a boilerplate employee...
A greater amount of my projects within the last years have been built off-site and panelized for the wood wall construction.
I’ve been having a tough time with the following issues and defining responsible parties for each item and am wondering if you guys have any feedback on how I should...
I would consider not supporting the brick on wood and keeping everything supported by the foundation.
Estimate your wood shrinkage and brick expansion and have your architect detail their window sills for this differential at the upper levels.
I believe the 30ft limit is prescriptive, but...
I've decided to recommend just removing the footing and replacing it with the correct thickness.
Even if Hilti can provide me development in less than 9", and I use the ACI 12.13.2.1 by providing a longitudinal bar through every hook (I only have 6" overlay which doesn't meet 6" min hook dev)...
I have a situation where the concrete contractor placed footing too thin. Instead of the specified 13'x8'x1'-6", it is 13'x8'x1'-0".
Punching shear, one-shear and flexure in both directions do not check.
I'm thinking of doing a grid of #3 U-Stirrups (or U-dowels / hairpins) to transfer...
I prefer RISA Floor + 3-D + Foundation for my light framed buildings.
For RISA Floor, I model only full height walls. Model beams between them (as the headers), and columns at each end. Any column (or post) within the length of the wall, I split the wall into two.
I then take all the walls...
BS in Civil? My degree was BS in Architectural Engineering (structural specialty) and I had:
Advanced Structural Analysis
Soil Mechanics
Advanced Steel
Advanced Concrete
Wood/Masonry Design
Other classes I had that really helped:
Construction Law
Sustainable Design
Estimating
Project...
Instead of just clicking on the 2nd file, open another instance of Excel from the start menu. Then open the new file, in the 2nd instance. If you click on a file, with Excel already open, it will open within the 1st instance.
If there is a way to change this by default, in 2010, I want to know!
The wall is almost always sheathed over with gyp board. If it was a gyp board shear wall, we'd consider it a rigid and use half the length.
Interesting exercise but not something I'm worried about.
As for the topic of the thread. I've done many thickened slab interior foundations for party...
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The difference is the safety factor.
If your not worried about floor cracking, you can design the wall foundation as thickened (along with plain concrete bending/shear) and based on allowable bearing values assuming a rigid support, say 1500 psf rather than a flexible support such as the...
