I am working on the design of a custom house, nothing fancy, but the client's layout has an attached garage at the rear basement wall.
My design approach:
1) Designed the wall as a cantilevered retaining wall so that the client can have the basement backfilled with controlled, compacted fill...
First, let me know if this is not the correct place to post this. I see this as an environmental issue and did not want to cross-post to the structural forum.
I have a building that was flooded. The building structure is CMU load bearing walls.
A proposal was made to place drill holes into the...
I recently applied for a job with another company. It was a random job listing that I happened to see and was instantly attracted to. I met all of the qualifications easily. After several weeks of waiting, I was contacted for a phone interview. I feel like the interview went well and I was...
What type of weld would you specify at this location? Flare Bevel? Fillet? Fill in the gap at the beginning of the HSS radius and then weld? WT is not movable. This is simple shear connection of WF beam to HSS column with e=3". Small 10k load. Figure 8-13 in the AISC manual requires a...
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Bridge was raised 8" from a height of 11'-8" to 12'-4" back in the fall of 2019. Well, looks like it is still working as good as always.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR5MlZHA1fo&ab_channel=yovo68
I especially like...
I looked at a project recently for some lighting equipment that is being hung from the bottom chord of existing steel open web joists. I was provided with the building drawings and I have taken some field measurements.
The drawings call for 36" Longspan Joists which are noted as "Macomber 'J'...
Partial failure of segmental retaining wall in Arnold, Missouri. Approximately 50 feet tall. See link for news article and video.
https://fox2now.com/news/fox-files/collapsed-retaining-wall-in-arnold-drew-concerns-over-cracking-five-years-ago/
We have a hollow 12"x12" CMU column on a project that we would like to keep for various reasons. Field inspection indicates the column is hollow. We need to grout it solid. I recommended a self-consolidating grout (SCG) with fine aggregate to ensure maximum flow into all of the cells. GC is...
Roof on a school in Michigan collapsed last week due to snow load. Engineer investigating says it was due to defects in the roof trusses. Has some interesting pics and video.
First article talks about event...
Doing some research for a unique project where the owner wants to use a rammed earth wall. I am in the eastern US where wind is the main concern for lateral loads. Code to be used is IBC 2015. Based on my research, I believe that a stabilized (with cement or other pozzolans) rammed-earth wall...
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I am working on designing some fixed base column base plates and piers. In order to keep my pier size down from what App. D says I need for concrete breakout, I am electing to develop anchor reinforcement for tension and shear via the requirements of sections D.5.2.9...
Long story short, client contracted us to create structural drawings for a large residential project designed and drafted by himself. We completed structural drawings and client is now requesting we produce a bill of materials for hardware we call out in structural drawings (eg screws, joist...
Need to have this existing weld inspected. Any suggestions on what kind of inspection I should ask for? Just visual...or maybe UT?
The vertical plate section welded to the plate on the bottom of the wide flange was pinched between a steel beam that moved and some other parts of the structure...
Architect wants to put a new deck on an old house. Typical deck framing with PT wood ledger attached to foundation wall of the house. The foundation wall is a stone (probably limestone) wall that is +/-18 inches thick. House is about 100 years old. In my short structural engineering career...
Designing the support framing for several roof top cooling towers. The structure will be steel and about three feet off the roof top. The dimensions are preliminary but as of right now are 14 ft x 23 ft. Unit operating weight is approximately 34.5 kips. In the equipment cut sheet, no...
