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I've got an interesting situation where I've had plan reviewers in Miami Dade as well as Broward County (Florida) reject analysis' our firm has performed on telecom structures(cell phone towers) and site that Miami Dade requires 175mph (Vult) wind speeds for all class II structures...
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Not sure how many on this forum are located in S. Florida, but I was contacted by a contractor today and told that they could not find an Notice of Acceptance (NOA) for the 3" Type N roof deck that we call out in our drawings. The county is saying that the maximum roof span allowed per...
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I'm running my checks for C&C loads on exterior CMU walls. When I go to find my applicable wind pressure, I'm wondering what tributary area applies when designing CMU... The majority of my previous experience is in wood and steel design, so please forgive me if this is rather...
I've got a building in Florida where the architect has designed the perimeter of the building to wrap around an existing billboard so that the billboard is within about 8.5 inches of the exterior CMU wall. The edge of the existing caisson would extend about 6 inches under exterior wall. I'm...
So I've got an interesting problem. I've got a telecommunications self support tower where the legs have been reinforced by u-bolting a channel onto the tower legs.(I've attached 2 photos for reference) So from what I've seen, there's nothing that will allow the reinforcing channel to develop...
So... I got a question from the building department that I've never encountered in response to our plan submittals. One of the comments on our structural plans read as follows, "How much mortar droppings from laying cmu will be allowed at the bottom of the cmu cell to be grouted?" Anyone ever...
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I'm a structural engineer in North Dakota and I'm designing drilled piers that will support softball scoreboards. I'm running into an issue when I'm trying to call out the depth of my drilled piers using EQN 18-1 from section 1807.3.2.1 in the 2012 IBC. The geotechnical engineer has...
