Greetings all,
I am deadling with sloppy contractor work on a small one story masonry administration building. The masonry embed plates in question are spaced approximately 4' o.c. and welded to a continuous L 4x4x1/2 on which the joists are supported. Each 4 X 8 plate contains two fy=51ksi...
Greetings All,
I have a general question on Slender Masonry Walls. We got into a debate here at the office over the question "Do we need to have special inspection performed on slender masonry walls or can we reduce the phi factor from .8 to .5 in order to eliminate the special...
Hi All,
I am currently working on a project dealing with very unstable soils wanting to slide out and down into a park path (It has already destroyed part of a road from movement). There is an existing retaining wall (very old, worn, falling apart, i.e. historic - 8ft. in height) that faces...
