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    Interior footing size for column

    A modular home was installed on an existing concrete foundation wall and there are 12 steel columns installed down the center of the home. The columns are sitting on the existing concrete slab. There is a column with a 17,919 pound load on it. The code official called me and asked if the...
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    Elevated Slab for porch

    Yes cold weather. The area below the elevated slab will be in the basement and enclosed. There will be a door going into the actual basement. Basically you have a rectangular foundation with a U-shaped bumped out on the front which the elevated slab will sit on top of.
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    Elevated Slab for porch

    A client is installing a foundation for a house that will have a concrete slab for a front porch. The porch extends out 6' from the house and is 22' wide. He would like to have the area under the porch slab to be part of the full basement. In order to do this he will need to install an...
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    Slab on piers design

    Great help. Thanks. If they don't use decking what are the other options?
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    Diagonal crack in foundation

    There was supposed to be vertical rebar at 48" o.c. spacing and three rows of horizontal rebar.
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    Slab on piers design

    JAE, So a 12" diameter pier should be spaced 36" max? So is their actually just air between the bottom of the slab and the ground (except for where the slab is resting on the beams)? Do you need to install galvanized decking under the slab like you do on an elevated slab or can the slab...
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    Diagonal crack in foundation

    8" Concrete wall for a single family home (modular).
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    Diagonal crack in foundation

    Yes, it is for a house. You are right, it is not a crack, it is where one truck was empty and they had to wait for another truck. Sorry, I described it bad in my original post.
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    Diagonal crack in foundation

    before parginghttp://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=bc34e3e8-493b-494a-a91c-54f67f201341&file=IMG_3701.jpg
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    Diagonal crack in foundation

    closer picturehttp://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=86a43e81-93f7-4630-8c57-4d193ed1f252&file=IMG_3702.jpg
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    Diagonal crack in foundation

    See the attached picture. This was just poured a couple days ago. Is this structurally ok? The contractor just wants to parge it.http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=7e7763a2-f215-4c81-bc76-a495fa344b85&file=IMG_3703.jpg
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    Slab on piers design

    I have a client who wants to install a 6" slab on top of piers instead of a typical frost wall. The piers would extend 4' below grade. The house is a double wide and is 26'8" x 44'. How are apart should the piers be spaced and what diameter should they be? Should the piers extend above...
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    40'X60' pole barn questions

    A potential client asked me if I could draw up some plans for his pole barn. This is how he would like to construct it: 20' tall p.t. 6x6 columns spaced 8' apart with 4' in ground 2x4 strapping at 24" o.c. for walls and roof. 1" vertical pine board siding on walls Metal roof A 2x12 at the top...
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    Using telephone pole for house beams

    How would I determine if creosote was present?

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