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    Hot Rolled Steel Sections for Framing Double Doors

    I do a lot of work in steel frame industrial buildings that have heavy duty steel double doors. We have been framing these doors out with proper hot rolled steel box sections (100mm x 100mm x 10mm box section for example - I think these are equivalent to 4 x 4 x 3/8 US size). The framing...
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    Header Beam for Non Load-bearing Partition

    Hi, I've been asked to help out on a project with some non load bearing partition design. Its an internal wall circa 5000mm high with metal studs and plasterboard - nothing too fancy. On ground floor it's fine, we can add a track to the ceiling structure and fix the studs in - easy. On the...
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    One Story Electrical Room on Poor Ground

    Hi, I'm working on a project involving the construction of a one story electrical room. The existing ground conditions are circa 1000mm of Made Ground (i.e. not suitable for supporting load) underlain by some clay that gets stiffer with depth. The Geotechnical report is giving me 25 kPa (so...
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    Installing Foul Drainage Under an Existing Suspended Slab

    Hello, Has anyone had any experience of installing drainage runs underneath an existing piled suspended slab? The project is a renovation/change of use, where the existing foul drainage does not suit the proposed layout. So the new runs have to be installed underneath the existing suspended...
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    Restraint Type - Partial or Lateral

    Hi, first post! I'm wondering how to input the steel design data for a beam in a problem i'm solving in Space GASS. If you see the attached image, the grey beam is a fabricated FB700, the red beams are B6b's and the blue ones are T6a's. I want to input the data for the grey beam. So when...

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