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I recently engineered two schematic for a two story over podium project. The owner wanted two designs for the podium: 1) concrete PT with conc columns and shear walls and 2) all steel with pan deck with steel columns and bracing.
Now they want us to look at hybrid version -...
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I am working on a large custom residence where the floor system is concrete metal deck system with all steel framing. The architect wants to reduce the depth of the floor system, so instead of the deck running continuous over the top of the beams, they want the the concrete metal...
I designed a concrete wall system that is similar in shape and size to CMU wall. It has an outer and inner face shell of 2" of grout and a 6" void in the middle, so the total wall thickness is 10". The walls are connected with small perpendicular walls about ever 12" or so. Think of a CMU...
I have a project where the owners believes that sacrificial wood forms will be more cost effective than forming fill.
The project is a new walkway / deck on the outside of a long commercial building. The deck is 10 feet out from the building - about 4 feet tall - and about 200 feet long...
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I am working on a house addition/renovation that is pretty common in my area and my question is regarding combining pier and beam foundation with a slab on grade foundation. The existing 1920 (or so) one-story pier and beam house is gutted and remodeled and a new addition is added on the...
