I am trying to recall how things used to be detailed in the early 1990s.
I am looking at a current project where the design engineer spec'd a 4" concrete slab on 2" composite floor deck (6" overall depth). He used Fibermesh and no mild reinf. The slab cracked in tension down the backs of the...
I am having a senior moment and can't remember the term for purposefully damaging bolt threads after installation to prevent the nut from backing off. I had an old detail that used to say damage the threads with a cold chisel until a drafter found that there was a specific word for that...
A closed post talked about calculating the diaphragm strength of the skip sheathing underneath a cedar shingle roof. One of the commenters mentioned that the AITC Timber Handbook had an example calculation of this. My version of the Handbook, the 5th, does not have any examples.
Does anyone...
I often work on older buildings that were designed using the BOCA and UBC codes. I find it useful to know what the original design criteria was for snow drift, etc. We have bought a CD copy of the Historical UBC codes from 1967 to 1994.
Does anyone know of something similar for the BOCA...
