We have a manufacturing facility, and we do painting in an open air area. We have never had an issue over the previous 40 years during fire inspections. We even had OSHA and the DNR come through in the past and the VOC's we release are within the allowable amount.
Recently, a new deputy fire...
I have a suspended 7" slab which has a 2" cement mortar finish. My question is if I can use the entire depth when calculating my effective depth d. The center of the bottom reinforcement is 7/16" from the bottom. So, my question is if my d in the punching shear equations can be 9" - 7/16", or...
