I'm developing a project to replace twelve 12k lb - 15k lb vehicle lifts with twelve 2 post 26k lb vehicle lifts inside a steel moment frame structure, with rein conc tiltwall facing panels.
The bldg structure was originally design-built in the early 80s.
Bldg has 3 main areas. Plan view...
One of the recent changes to ASCE 7-10 (15.7.5 Seismic Anchorage) and ACI 318(App D Eqn D-3) require that anchor bolts have a minimum gauge length of 8 diameters.
I haven't been able to find the explicit definition for "Minimum Gauge Length" in the context of concrete anchor bolts, either in...