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For posterity's sake, the APA technical note original referenced by @woodman88 (no longer active it seems) which was updated in 2020...

Appreciate the honesty. No argument from me here on this one. Completely agree. However - there does have to be a line and of course...

Doh... the moment that I've been fearing has arrived. Despite being the OP of the other thread, I was kind of hoping to skate under the...

Let's say we can't make the columns bigger and we have mitigated crushing of the plate by using SCL or some other means, so load spread...

@XR250 @KootK you guys were both on this original thread, any input here? Still just checking plates only and carrying on with life?

@RWW0002 so you are in support for blocking conventional framing at interior bearing (not shear) walls? If so, why wouldn't you support...

I’m in full support as well.

There's still a little life left in this horse, at least for me - not sure about the OP, but I've been meaning to get back to it. The...

@XR250 @JAE - you're both correct, but it is accounted for in AISC via an effective width. See this article from Steel Tube Institute...

I was looking for some updated takes or insight on considering crushing of the sheathing as a failure mode at concentrated loads. Are...

Continuation of this old thread: https://www.eng-tips.com/threads/crushing-of-plywood-really.371840/page-2#posts I've been running into...

If you can get an LUS24 or similar to work and add fasteners from the ledger strip back to the rim, I don't see a problem with that...

I started out as a welder/fabricator - puddle welding deck was one of my least favorite jobs and yes, burning through is extremely...

Ha! Hadn't caught that either. I have no doubt that it's extremely buggy in the current state, but also that in the next 5 years we will...

@phamENG I appreciate your outlook. I am excited about certain aspects of this - if presenting multiple structural solutions for a given...