Thanks for your answers!
BAretired - Absolutely great post. I am now actually curious how to analyse castellated beams... thanks for throwing newer things into my vision!
TLHS - thanks for clarifying their reasoning!
SlideRuleEra - I always thought that beams are more suitable for distributed...
Hello everyone!
I recently looked at the Burrard bridge here in Vancouver and noticed that some sections the road are supported by beams and some sections by trusses (I should have taken pictures myself, since none of the pictures on the Internet show the section supported by beams). As a...
bimr,
If it was, we would totally go for that option, I wouldn't search for other solutions, and we wouldn't have that meeting.
Although, it sounds simple and looks easy on the drawings, this is what happened:
The 20 meters of piping need through different rooms, that contain mechanical...
Just a little update on the topic.
So I ran the meeting today with everyone, us, the general contractor, owner representative, consultant, mechanical contractor.
Presented the following solutions:
1. Replace the section of the pipe
2. Hot tap
3. Freeze the thing and perform works
4. Tie in...
thank you for the informative replies!
just wanted to give you some details on what happens.
so, the hot tap would apparently be the most reasonable solution ever.
however, the it is the main pipe, made of ductile iron pipe.
by drilling the pipe, which is what hot tapping does, would bring a...
Hello everyone,
There is an 8" pipe through which domestic cold water goes to the entire facility, which is an airport.
We need to tie in a massive washroom to it; however, we can't really shut down water for too many hours...
One of the alternatives is to tie in to another washroom, but that...
