Thank you, STrctPono for the insight you've provided me, I really do appreciate that. I will start on creating a moment frame for each post.
My boss assumed the 3' concrete depth would help, unfortunately the posts not going atop the concrete land in an asphalted parking area. I believe we'll...
The lateral force resisting system will vary, the 80' span consists of 5 posts on each elongated side; one side will have the 3 middle posts on plates that are bolted into the concrete, while the other 2 cornered posts will be cemented 3' deep into the ground. On the other elongated side of the...
Hello everyone, I am a recent mechanical engineering graduate assigned as a project manager, but my boss wants me to help him design a free standing mono-sloping canopy (18'x80') with a 1:12 slope (14'6" eave height). He will have my work checked by a senior structural engineer. I am following...
