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Thank you. What should i do? They compan i work for request me a letter to state that this design is ok. and, client is telling that I overdesigned by using a strong wall.

Yes exactly. I gave them a strong wall as the design. But they refused and told me it is an over design. They propose this method. I looked through APA portal frames. Does not quite match with it.

Recently i did a garage design, where i gave a strong wall for the garage wall because of garage opening. Later client came back to me telling that is is over engineered and asking me to change it. The client had his Engineer modify from strong walls to replacing them with Hdu hold downs shown...

So, I'm doing a plan checker revision today and there is a comment to "Indicate how the strap will be installed when the end length is longer than the beam depth". This is the detail he is refering to. I don't know how to indcate the strap to be installed when end length is longer? Can any one...

I know. But this is what client need

I have this pocket connection where L angle is connected to HSS Column. I have trouble transfering the loads on top of the pocket( L Angle). Is there way to cut the L angle from both sides?

How can i design the blocking for the diaphragm? Any guidance?

I have a 2 ft cantilever floor in my ADU. How can i transfer shear loads from that cantilever wall to ground floor shear wall. We have a 2 ft overset. Thanks

Thank you all

Yes. We can use that. What if we cannot use that wall?Lets say wall length in right side is too small. How can we add the shear wall?

Hi. I need to design shear walls for a 2 story building. My questions is how to design the shear walls near stairs. Can we put the shear line as shown in the image for the ground floor. If we put that then how i going to design the footings? Do i need to put two footings there? Outer one to...

This is the model i did. And this is what we need to model

I tried Modelling a connection via ideastatica but i encounted a problem when modelling the plates. Can anyone assit me?

Hi. I want to determine the fly ash content of some cement samples that i have. I don't have the chemical composition of it. But i can get samples with and without the fly ash content. What is the best way to find out the fly ash content? I have and idea to compare the cement samples with and...

Hi. I need some guidance how to prepare a fastener schedule for additional bracings which we are going to install to a existing roof for strengthening. As you can see in this image, some of rafters has the diagonal bracing but some doesn't. I need to prepare a detail for the new diagonal...