I'm working on a strip footing for a small commercial building. Soils are medium-dense sand with a bearing capacity of 2,500 psf for strip footings and a max strip footing width of 2'. The building footprint is 28' wide and while I can extend the footing on one side about two or three feet, the...
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I'm looking at a rehab of a 110 y.o. social hall. The main room is 60 feet wide and covered with a sloped (6.8/12) roof. The structure is new to me. Massive steel trusses cross the 60' span every 16 feet (they're very rigid). Doubled...