Hey all,
I find myself stuck in a moral and ethical dilemma.
For the next 6 months my company sub'ed me out to a large corporation, where I am to review and seal designs created in India.
I guess this is the new normal in the push to Globalization.
I contacted my state Board to see if this...
Hey all,
I find myself stuck in a moral and ethical dilemma.
For the next 6 months my company sub'ed me out to a large corporation, where I am to review and seal designs created in India.
I guess this is the new normal in the push to Globalization.
I contacted my state Board to see if this...
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Design of Slabs on Grade
We are in the process of designing a large warehouse with both Forklift traffic and heavy post loads from pallet storage systems.
We have a initial thickness design of the concrete slab following the methods outlined in PCA...
Design of Slabs on Grade
We are in the process of designing a large warehouse with both Forklift traffic and heavy post loads from pallet storage systems.
We have a initial thickness design of the concrete slab following the methods outlined in PCA publication “Slab Thickness Design for...
I am a structural engineer designed a replacement steel members for a corroded (painted carbon steel) platform, outside of the spray chamber in the casting area of a steel mill.
The steam created from the spray chamber gets trapped under this platform, the decking is diamond plate, which causes...
I have a W24x68 spanning 20 feet.
At the 1/3 points are W6x15's perpendicular at -4" below the W24's top flange on each side of the W24.
What is the unbraced length of the W24 for simple span bending?
20ft or 6'-8"?
Is there any AISC guideline for this type of framing?
In a framing scheme...
I'm working on a foundation modification to fit a new piece of equipment. It's a bending unit for a caster in a steel mill. About 6 ft of the pedestal base will be removed and 3 ft of it will be recast. I have advised for selective demolition that will keep the perimeter "vertical" bars (#6@12)...
I'm working with a homeowner restoring and repairing an old house. In the basement we re-supported the main floor girder with (3)-8x8 pressure treated posts. Another contractor at the site bought up the concern of shrinkage. The posts are about 7 feet tall. I'm looking for info on an...
The company I work for likes using round rods for bracing low rise industrial building structures.
Using A307 Rod, the turnbuckle becomes the weak link, per the Safe Working Loads provided in the AISC, 9th edition.
They site a 5:1 safety factor and claim it due to rigging and dynamic loading...
Hey brothers and sisters,
I have a question regarding the Handrail extentions called out in the IBC 2003 1009.11.5
I'm a structural engineer working for the contactor in this case, and the Design Engineer is insisting on these 2 ft handrail extentions in an purely Industrial building. These...
Hey brothers and sisters,
I have a question regarding the Handrail extentions called out in the IBC 2003 1009.11.5
I'm a structural engineer working for the contactor in this case, and the Design Engineer is insisting on these 2 ft handrail extentions in an purely Industrial building. These...
