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but There is no reference till now and 0 that's what i was looking for :a code , article somewhere they mention it

I m not an expert in the field of executing and designing road but I m working on an electrical substation project Where I should submit the design of the access road And I have this small issue The area next to the site is super flat so i need to backfill couple of layer of subgrade and...

NO you cant it depends on the clay consolidation and the gradation of the granular soil

Thank you for your tip I will post it on the civil engineering forum And i m checking recoverable road side slope

Hello I m building a road in a flat area so I need to rise the road one meter above natural ground level Any idea what should be the slope of my fill for one meter height ? If you can send me a reference it would be perfect

I totally agree But the consultant required 28 days This will delay my progress on site for 2 weeks And with no article ,code or reference I wont be able to convince him

Hello I am driving piles for a building And I want to start casting pile caps but the consultant didn't allow to cast any concrete structure while driving Do you have any reference concerning this issue ?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPLY AND SORRY FOR THE DELAY THAT'S A SKETCH OF THE STRUCTURE (ATTACHMENT) ITS A BUILDING RETAINING WALL SO I DON'T THINK I HAVE AN OVERTURNING PROBLEM EXISTING WALL THICKNESS 30 CM THE NEW ONE I SHOULD ADD 30 CM SO 60 CM WHAT I ' M ASKING IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE...

I need to increase the height of an existing retaining wall from 5 to 9 m . The overall stability of the structure is checked. BUT i need to increase its thickness . Should i use bars anchored bars with epoxy to make sure that the two structures are working as one

Its based on Aci 318M-11 ,if its no what the eqt that i have to use wich one

In intermediate moment frames should i use for bars development the eqt of 21.7.5 or the eqt of 12.2.3 What i m sure of is that 21.7.5 eqt is used for special moment frame but should we use it for intermediate too ?

Thank you kootk for your help i might increase my bars numbers and use smaller bars

Yes i m using metric bars Its mentionned in Aci 318M-11 21.7.5.2 Thank you a lot kootk

I have one more question how can i calculate Ld and Ldh for bar #40 (SI) since the code only give it for bars #10 to #36 (SI) Thank you

I m working with the ACI code . And i really appreciate your help even if i coulnt get the solution thank you a lot