If the landscape architect is partial to seeing steel, you can use a pre-drilled knife plate welded to a base plate which is then bolted to a concrete pier/footing. Hot dip the entire assembly before installing. Slot the bottom of the wood column to fit over the knife plate and use galvanized...
The parapet wall is the portion of the wall above the roof line. Depending on the height of the building and the locality, it is required for fall protection. Its also used to hide rooftop mechanical equipment from being seen from the ground.
If the wall is masonry, I'd suggest the parapet...
Thanks Slickdeals. I got a response from CSI Support saying to assign the walls a stiffness modifier of 0.01 for f22. Didn't say anything about meshing. Guess I'll try out both and see what happens.
I have a 4 story concrete building, shear walls, flat slab floors and roof with beams at every column line. The Penthouse smaller than the overall footprint and is supported by beams at the main roof level. All beams are on the main column grid.
My problem is getting the roof beams to...
I've got a 4 story exterior concrete wall with multiple window openings. Does anyone know a quick and painless way to draw multiple openings in a wall?
