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Hello, I am looking at a ground beam that can be subject to tensile and compressive axial loads (under seismic conditions) but also supporting a block wall. I need help on how I can combine the effect of the bending moments due to the wall and the seismic axial loads in my design. Please see...

I would only recommend coring if non-destructive test results do not much the original specifications.

lejam, if in the analysis and design it was assumed to be a cantilever, why would you want to alter the system at this stage?

hetgen, I think even if BS 6399 has been withdrawn in the UK, it does not necessarily mean it is unsafe to refer to them in the design. Aren't Eurocodes just meant to eliminate trade barriers among the EU countries?

Thank you all for your advise.

I am at the initial stage of designing a multi-storey car park but have doubts on floor loading. I have been using imposed loading 2,5kN/m2 for vehicles not exceeding 2.500Kg gross mass as provided in BS 6399 Part 1 but some one is advising me to increase the loading by 25% to cater for dynamic...

Thank you all for your advise. I am gonna try it out using Eurocode and see what result I get.

hokie66, If you were working in Africa particularly in a country without its own design standards, which design standards would you recommend?

The site altitude is 1160m. This results in to an altitude factor of 2.16 thus site wind speed of 69.12m/s. If I assume mean sea level to be lake victoria which is at an altitude of 1133m, the altitude factor falls to 1.03 thus site wind speed of 33m/s. The major issue here is altitude factor...

I am looking at a building 45m above the ground in Kampala,Uganda. Since Ugandan Standards are not yet developed, British standards are used for structural design here but applying BS 6399-2 and using Indian Ocean as the sea level with basic wind speed of 32m/s yields lateral pressures in the...