Recent content by pmtpemb

thanks for the suggestions. and beleive it or not the architect agrees that this as currently proposed isnt going to work and will revise his design must say quite impressed with him as he is one of the few that actually listens to my common sense. cheers great minds... p

I'll propose a section based on capacity with options discussed above for bldg tie in. and see what the arch says. cheers. p

great thoughts. much appreciated. Ron--> I agree with you that it's not a building however I still will need to develop capacity of the components unless there is a provision in the bldg that allows less capacity. hokie --> thought youd like that. I think I will propose a tube section with...

barrettes tri force is a good product. quite a few of my projects have been done using their system. it is a manufactured product and does have ccmc approval. on all my projects i delegate the floor system to the manufacturer. i just put floor joists by manufacturer. i do this for the joists...

dont know about the un 4 x 2 is a 2 x 4 on the flat 2100f is the bending stress fb 1.8e is the mod of elast 11 7/8 overall joist depth.

Saskatchewan and nova scotia adopted it but then pulled back to nbcc 2010 as everyone is waiting on the commentaries.

Commentaries for nbcc 2015 are not yet available

Option 2 would give piece of mind and its what i would do.

Ron Pardon the tardy response. i do not customarily do site inspections. We do have an engineer on staff that does nothing but site visits, as well as troubleshooting. Prior to a project being delivered the engineer discusses the erection process with the erector. He also reviews the...

well, the PEMB industry is governed somewhat - and I use the term loosely with MBMA. Regarding contractors, that is where in my previous post I stressed using reputable PEMB companies. All of our contractors pass certification administered by a governing body. Our district managers...

I have been visiting this forum for quite some time, and gained much insight. My 2 cents... I work for a PEMB and can tell you that ALL loads specified by the EOR are included in our designs. We do not exclude any loads based on engineering judgement at all, and if we have any clarifications...