I just had a conversation with an engineer who designs shallow moment resisting footings using passive earth pressure to help restrain overturning. The footings are for pre-fab buildings without a slab and the tops of footings are at grade. Rather than just increasing the footing size to...
What is the typical design practice by others for interior footings for a metal building (pre-engineered).
I have used both isolated and integral with success. I have seen big problems with integral footings and large column loads.
I would appreciate any comments by others on this subject. I...
I am getting ready to design a two story office building which will be on piles. Steel beams and columns will carry loads to multi-pile footings. The problem I have is at the perimeter grade beams. They will carry brick veneer and stud walls. The side walls will be load bearing. The geotech...
