Project is in 120mph basic wind speed zone. Are there any Code-allowed reductions to that design wind speed for the shoring/bracing of the tiltwall panels while they are being constructed? Tiltwall Contractor is claiming they "always" use 90mph since "temporary condition". I'm inclined to...
I have a 30' tall unbraced interior load-bearing wall (not a shear wall, just picking up .2klf DL + .2klf LL roof loads, in Seismic Cat 'A'). Per Enercalc design, can use 8" CMU w/ #5 @ 32" o.c. But I see in ACI 530 Table 5.5.1 that max allowable height/thickness ratio = 18. To meet this...
I'm designing a tilt wall bldg that is essentially swiss cheese - tons of opngs in most all of the panels. In looking at the continuous footing design under the panels, is it fair to ignore the opngs and calc required allowable bearing based on a solid wall w/ whatever other gravity lds are...
I'm designing a tiltwall bldg that is essentially swiss cheese - tons of opngs in most all of the panels. In looking at the continuous footing design under the panels, is it fair to ignore the opngs and calc required allowable bearing based on a solid wall w/ whatever other gravity lds are...
