This is a legal concern, hoping to hear ideas from anybody who has knowledge regarding this issue:
The situation is that the building is very old say around 40 to 50 years old already. The owner hired a consulting firm (let's name this consultant - X) to do the assessment of the building to...
I have been searching for a references or codes that explains limits and things to consider regarding depressed girder/beam design(or a beam with varying level of top and soffit somewhere in the beam span - I am confused what really is the right term for this, please see my attached image which...
