I am looking for a good resourse to find a contract that can be used in an agreement between a structural engineer to provide professional services and a property owner.
Thank you for your contributions. I do believe and failed to mention earlier that moisture has been a problem in the past and another contributing factor in wanting to replace or siter new members. It really is quite a mess. I was going to recommend sistering 12" or 14" deep open web flat...
I recently observed a 25 year old crawl space. The floor system was constructed of I-joists without designation markings spaced @ 19.2" o.c. Web blocking had not been installed at the time of construction at the ends or interior supports. Significant out of plane buckling has occurred since the...
Thank you for the very valuable advise. Probably going to add support at the midspan along with a sawcut control joint.
The owner inially thought the slab was grade supported until the mechanical installer saw cut the chase for the ductwork and realsed it was not grade supported. (Must have...
I recently looked at a project where an existing simply supported 24'x12' suspended concrete slab had a chase cut in the short direction by a mechanical ductwork installer.
The slab is 5" thick with #3 bars @ 12" o.c in each direction. The reinforcing is located in the bottom of the slab. There...
