I am reviewing a submittal package as the owners representative and the EOR and I seem to be at odds over the enclosure classification. The proposed structure is a truck inspection canopy with partially open sides and ends(siding at the upper portions of the walls with open bottom). It is a...
One of the structural engineering magazines had a good article on log homes about a year ago. Cant remember if it was Structure magazine or Structural Engineer. Talked about using threaded rod through the logs to attach to foundation
That does bring up a good question. You mention "field repair", Why was this not caught on approval or did the drawings not go for approval? If the EOR approved the drawings, then I would think he was responsible.
Let me try and under stand this:
The moment connections were intended to be at the beams framing to the column flanges.
You interpreted them to connect at the column web.
You call the plates stiffeners, were they in fact "paddle plates" to transfer the flange tension from the moment to the...
I am looking for information concerning the ultrasonic (or otherwise) testing of CMU walls to check for rebar and if the cells have been grout or concrete filled other than using a masonry drill bit and a flash light. I have seen the handheld devices that will locate the rebar and measure...
Nutte:
Here, Here!!! Sounds like you run into the same stuff we deal with. I could not have said it better myself. I too am a connection design engineer, thats all we do. I believe the best thing an EOR can do to help with connection design, is do as Nutte said and avoid the 50% UDL stuff...
A guy in our office has a inked shop drawing on linen his grandfather made back in 1911 of a girder. Double angles riveted to a web plate at top and bottom to make the flanges. Labor was cheap back then. According to him it was first done in pencil and then traced in ink. A beautiful piece of...
Another question that comes up is, "Does the steel have some type of sprayed on fireproofing?" Most highrises I have seen have no coating at all and the steel is usually exposed for quite some time before fireproofing begins
Thanks SlideRuleEra, I just downloaded and thumbed through it. Lots of good info. It's not surprising that most on the committees noted at the end are from California. It is good to see the Lowcountry is represented with at least a single member on the comittee. Most who engineer homes in...
http://www.trusjoist.com/PDFFiles/3400.pdf#search='Parallam%20PSL'
Try this website, I have used these Parallam PSL posts in quite a few applications. They are specifically made to be used as posts.
Have you been to this website?
http://www.sbcindustry.com/structuremagazine.php
I have a copy of BCSI 1-03 and have found it extremely helpful. You can download for free or have a hard copy, which I like, for $8.00 and it isn't one of those flimsy books either. Each page is laminated.
