I recently received a series of framing pictures that were taken with a 360 degree camera and wanted to see if anyone uses something like the Insta360 to record framing or other construction features when doing site visits...I find my personal memory doesn't seem to keep all the details in one...
I have been asked to review a deck ledger to ladder truss attachment for a house that was constructed in 2021. The truss layout and truss details show a ladder truss along the exterior of the house, where the 10 ft wide deck is, and the truss is fully supported by a CMU wall. The truss...
I have a client that is wanting to remove the center beam support in the now finished basement. I have sized the replacement beam and looked at the new end bearing loads which are roughly 3x what they were. The existing bearing pressure is 150 psi and the new conditions push that upwards to 375...
Does anyone know how to set the default for ALL data sets in a plot to black or some other color without having to format each data series individually? As you all know Excel uses a different color and symbol for each plot series, but they don't show up very well in a B/W plot. I don't know if...
I am trying to determine the available moment resistance for direct buried power transmission monopoles. The typical profile is either 5-8 clay overlying loose sands or predominately loose sands. I evaluated the poles using LPile, but the results seem very very conservative.
Does anyone...
