I have a four story wood-frame structure over a podium (transfer) slab. We first designed it with conventional reinforcement but now my supervisor wants to check if we can come up with a post tensioned slab option.
What softwares are there to design this kind of elevated P/T slab with irregular...
I am new to commercial building design and have a quick (but several :) )questions on how you design the storefront beams.
Say my building is one story 20 ft tall (roof diaphragm at 20 ft.) and storefront at 10 ft level. I have series of HSS columns available every 22 ft.
What is the design...
I am designing a commercial building that is 287 ft x 62 ft with CMU on three (2 short, 1 long) sides. Its one story building with metal roof deck. Due to the nature of the job I can only use an additional lateral force resisting system at one location (162 ft from the left end). I have about...
