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I once heard that the AIA trid to standardize fees and the US government called it colusion. Is it posssible to unionize?

I recently visited the site of a remodeling job and found that the roof deck was missing many of its attachments to the bar joists. I was considering attaching it from below with screws or rivets. Does anyone have any insight on this?

ASCE 7 states that drifting does not need to be considered if the projection is less than 15 feet wide. How close can these 15ft projections be to each other (in any direction)? 15 ft, 2 ft, 1/2 inch? If the projection is 13'-4" wide would 5ft be OK? I personally think 13'-4" should be the...

ASCE 7 states that drifting does not need to be considered if the projection is less than 15 feet. How close can these 15ft projections be to each other? 15 ft, 2 ft, 1/2 inch? If the projection is 13'-4" would 5ft bee OK? Also if you lift a projection off of the roof will drit loading be...