Thanks for the advice, could you explain a bit more about what you mean by the restraint shrinkage issue in the ground floor slab along the basement walls and near the PI?
I have project that has a below grade heated parking, with surface parking as well as structures above. The main floor which will act as both the main floor for the buildings as well as at grade surface parking is a 2 way structural slab. The overall dimensions of this slab are 120m x60m, and...
Thanks, I figured it was the same as the commentaries for the NBC but since Ontario has it's own code I was a little thrown off that they wouldn't at least mention referencing the NBC or have it's own commentaries.
Looking at the Ontario building code I don't see anything regarding snow build up or drifts, do they just default to following the NBC?
Also I won't mention how long it took me to find "MMAH Supplementary Standard SB-1, "Climatic and Seismic Data".
I am currently designing something similar to a roll cage but it is for mining vehicles and to protect the driver from falling rocks.
I know that the cage is to be designed for 8500 ft lbs energy (11.5 kJ), is there any way to convert this dynamic load into a static load?
