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I am doing a foundation design for PEMB with a loading dock. Building is 150' by 65' with the truck dock in the 65' end wall. Frost protection is 3' below FFE and the loading dock bottom will be 4' below FFE. I assume this means that I need to extend my foundation wall in the area of the loading...

Thanks for the input everyone. Both PCS and Aqua aerobics look like they will do the job, and both are closer to home than the one I originally found. I appreciate the point to make sure I ask for references and check up on maintenance. The RV park will be discharging into a county ditch. I have...

I have two sites that I think could really benefit from a packaged wastewater treatment facility. Both are in Indiana. One will be a 12,000 GPD system for a school and the other will be a 25,000 GPD for an RV park. I was about halfway through the process with a company on one of them when my...

That's the direction I was leaning KootK. We're going to be about 3' deep for the frost layer. So I treat it like a 2'X3' continuous beam.

Hi all, I am designing a foundation for a 200' X 100' steel building. The client would like to essentially be able to dig a trench around the perimeter of the building and pour it full of reinforced concrete. The columns are 28' center to center with factored vertical loads of 60k and max...