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I have a feeling you are hitting the nail pretty close to the head.

XR250, I'd be interested to know your thoughts on the potential outcome of using washed stone for backfill, especially since you have had experience in repairing settlement from such problems. StrucPatholgst, the footing in my detail is so large due to a combination of overturning in the...

Thanks milkshake, you are echoing a lot of the thoughts that I was having on this. I am going to go back to my client and see if we can get the framing in place and design this solely as a restrained wall. Doublestud, that is exactly what I was hoping to avoid, a huge footing and an unusual...

I am working on the design of a custom house, nothing fancy, but the client's layout has an attached garage at the rear basement wall. My design approach: 1) Designed the wall as a cantilevered retaining wall so that the client can have the basement backfilled with controlled, compacted fill...

Thanks Pham. Great response as always. I also found FEMA Tech Bulletin 7 (2022), specifically section 7, discusses ungrouted CMU walls.

First, let me know if this is not the correct place to post this. I see this as an environmental issue and did not want to cross-post to the structural forum. I have a building that was flooded. The building structure is CMU load bearing walls. A proposal was made to place drill holes into the...

Saw this article early this morning: Link

For the engineer's report on the Crestview Towers Condo that the city just closed for safety, it's weird that the report is dated as 1/11/21 and yet it is stamped received by the city yesterday, 7/2/21. Looks like they are scrambling to cover their butts. Wonder how many more may get shut down?

In my experience, the details you show are pretty common and are intended more for the detailer who is producing the rebar shop drawings.

I think most building departments have a vastly inflated view of their own capabilities and responsibilities. One of the most common sense things I have seen regarding the maintenance of this building is a suggestion that instead of 40 year recertification it would be evaluations at something...

We had an RFP for an indoor range a few years ago, but never went anywhere. They were looking to use a bullet collection system or bullet trap. Something like this: https://actiontarget.com/products/tct/ or this: https://www.range-systems.com/military/bullet-traps/

Here is a link to the video showing the moment the missile strikes occur to bring the building down. It was actually done with several different precise hits at the base of the building. https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1392842034776399872

I have read everyone's perspective and experiences with interest and appreciation. The two weeks that I plan to offer is a minimum. Right now things have slowed down some and my projects are wrapping up. I have not yet received an offer from the potential employer, so a lot of this will depend...

Thanks for the advice everyone. This all confirms what I think I need to do as well. Lol, I'm not mad, just want to do right by all involved. I will wait.

I recently applied for a job with another company. It was a random job listing that I happened to see and was instantly attracted to. I met all of the qualifications easily. After several weeks of waiting, I was contacted for a phone interview. I feel like the interview went well and I was...