Michel60 - thank you! This is great info. Is this some kind of flexible grout?
On the same job site, years back, we checked the mounting for short glass walls (maybe 3 feet) used to surround the elevators (so people are forced to walk through turn-styles). I didn't design the glass or...
The base will need to be custom, i'm assuming. And, i anticipate it will be in my court.
There are some thick tiles, which we can hide a wider base plate in. We can probably go as much as 10 or 12 inches wide, which will spread the anchors out a bit.
I'm hoping the shoe can be fabricated...
I fully anticipate reviewing their calculations, and requiring a PE stamp from them.
The architect is contacting the glass company they have worked with before to find out how they can help. We'll see what they say.
The architect is dead set against a frame around the glass. Given the...
I met with the architect, and convinced them to use a glass company to design the glass. I will be handling the attachment at the base.
For loading, what would you suggest?
I am the Structural Engineer for a Lobby Renovation project in a large building.
The architect intends to build a (roughly) 5 to 6 foot tall by roughly 11 feet wide.
The glass will likely be back lit, and may be etched. It will be a artistic sign display. It will be in front of an old...
Thank you all for the recent replies.
The week before Christmas, i called Butler and asked for the engineering department. I explained the issue. The engineer i spoke to basically said there wasn't much they could help me with, given the age of the building. When i asked about tolerances...
Here is a photo of one example. (hope it works).
This is just one example. Some other areas are slightly different. Some have the two upper bolts, and one lower bolt. Several have all 4 bolts.
I can't find any correlation between the purlins that have rotated, and those that haven't...
I have not yet asked Butler, and that was going to be my next step.
The purlins are butt spliced at the girders, rather than lapped. At the girders, there is clip angle. There is 1 bolt attached to each purlin. The purlins essentially rotated about that bolt. If there had been 2 bolts...
I am evaluating a Butler building built in the 60s. It appears that some of the roof purlins have rotated. We measured about 5-6 degrees of rotation on some of the purlins, while others were within 1-2 degrees of being perpendicular to the roof deck.
It would appear that the entire purlin...
@BAretired:
I found it awesome that this excel spread sheet was a way of confirming my original calculations. I was unsure if the approach i was taking was correct. This is the first time i have worked with the SDI equivalent distribution for thin slabs like this. I am thankful for these...
Thank you delagina!
Question: This program has 1.5" form deck in 22 gauge as the minimum. Does it seem appropriate to use this, plus 2 inch topping with my reinforcing for this problem? I selected to neglect the shear capacity of the deck.
This seems appropriate, as it states that the...
I have an office building currently being occupied by a hospital as a secondary building (not the main hospital). They want to put Hyperbaric chambers on the 3rd floor (moving them from the ground floor).
The chambers roll on 4 wheels, and weight 2500 lb with patient. The wheels are small...
That's an interesting idea. However, the terra cotta block is just painted on the exterior. The blocks don't necessarily line up with the ledger perfectly, so these concrete patches would show above the ledger, which is why i considered doing some sort of grout injection.
Thanks,
Jon
I have a job where the existing house's exterior walls are entirely built using Terra Cotta block. The block is 3 cores, about 7.5" thick, and is probably 10"x10" (don't have exact dimensions, but can get them easily).
The job consists of attaching several ledgers to the outside of the...
