Hello All! I am working on a building that is about 60 feet tall to the roof. However, supported on this roof level are a large number of 40' tall tanks. The tanks are very closely spaced, so it is almost like there is a solid 40' level above the actual building structure. Does anyone ever let...
Hello, I am doing a retrofit project on an old industrial building with a central girder (W18x40) supporting roof joists. Sharing the columns with the roof girder is also another W18x40 crane girder. The crane will be removed and the budget is tight, so I would like to use the extra 18x40 to...
I was wondering what the common practice was for determining snow drift loads on a roof depression. If you have a 3' deep trough around the egde of your roof that is surrounded by a parapet wall, I would think that more snow could build up in the trough than the amount calculated with the...
