I recently visited a site for a project I designed and noticed weld access holes on end plate moment connections. The access holds were specifically noted as prohibited on our drawings and was not shown on the reviewed shop drawings. AISC 360 and 341 prohibit the use of weld access holes in end...
Thank you ALL for your response. You have provided me with some insight into the topic which I had never considered. That being said, I believe the conversation got a little out of hand and I guess I only have myself to blame because I wasn't very clear in my original post. My hesitation to...
Thank You for your response EngineeringEric. I meant to include that I'm perfectly confident in the work I do and will never let something go out of the office, with or without my stamp, which I don't feel perfectly confident about. The other engineers in my department have told me that they...
I'm being asked by the Director of Structural Engineering (My Boss) to stamp my own work and was wondering what has been your experience in the field. Is it normal practice to stamp your own work even though you are a Mid Level Structural engineer. In the past my boss would stamp the work but I...
Thank you for your response Hokie66. Yeah we are doing this at other areas of the project to brace some IMP walls. I was just trying to figure out the feasibility of this other approach given the low moments generated. Even if I used the aforementioned assumptions it ended up being very hard...
Thank you for your response... I wasn't clear on my previous post on the location and material of the wall. This are interior (5psf lateral load) gyp partition walls 8' to 10' tall inside a warehouse with no ceilings. I will look into adding some returns to self brace the wall. Thanks again!
I have a project where I'm adding some cantilever columns anchored to and existing slab on grade to brace some free standing walls. How can I justify the adequacy of the connection to the slab on grade? Since the slab on grade only has reinforcement for temperature and shrinkage (assuming wire...
