Greetings.
I am consulting with a local company that stores and spreads biosolids. My survey crew did the field work on a storage lagoon and has provided me with contours. Using that information, I had no problem developing a stage-storage curve for the lagoon.
But the liner is nearing the...
I need some advice and clarification. I am working on a large concrete box, rectangular in plan, with a rigid diaphragm roof and precast walls. There is a small office mezzanine, bearing in a corner on exterior walls for 24' in each direction. There are interior columns supporting a ridge...
Thanks to each of you for the thoughtful and prompt replies. I'm trying to work this out today, as our office is closed tomorrow for Good Friday.
First, I should clarify that I think "order of magnitude" was simply hyperbole. Although I once swapped inches and feet, to my extraordinary...
I am working on my first precast big box. As big boxes go, it's not that large, at 120' by 160'. I am getting significant pushback from the wall supplier, in that the base shear quantity that I have provided is "an order of magnitude too high".
I have attempted to follow ASCE 07 in...
