Hi All,
I have a general question and wanted someone else's thoughts. I have been tasked with engineering my first driven pile foundation for a 25' high Garage to hold a Vac Truck for sanitary sewer purposes. The garage is 40' x 40', with sub-par existing soils and a high water table. Seems...
Hello Folks,
I have been tasked with designing some exterior concrete stairs. The stairs are pretty limited in length, only 3 risers at 6" each and 3 treads at 1'6" each, but are expected to be 40'-50' wide. They are not attached to any building, just a 4" concrete sidewalk at the top...
I have an odd question for everyone. Has anyone every designed an elephant enclosure? I currently have a project, where they asked us to re-design an elephant enclosure.
The only parameters that I have are that there are Concrete Filled Steel Posts, spaced at 10'-0" O.C., with (4EA) 3/4"...
Hey there folks, I have a relatively simple quick question here.
My firm has been asked to redesign an outdoor concrete patio type area. This is no big deal, but adjacent to the patio area is a 5" deep concrete slab.
The 5" concrete slab is not very aesthetically pleasing and does not line...
Ok all, I have just come across a problem on a project that I did not personally work on, but wanted to see if others have had similar issues and how they resolved them.
Problem: There is a concrete staircase with granite treads for a University in the Northeast US. The construction was...
I just got tasked with looking over and reviewing a patio design from a Landscape Architect. It is a pretty simple setup, where there are 4 6x6 timber posts (10.5' high) spaced 20.5' x 23.5'. There is no roofing for this patio, but the architect is proposing 1/2" steel tie rods connecting to...
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I was just asked to look over a chain link fence for a baseball backstop in New York State. They are proposing a 30' high backstop with posts spaced 10' o.c., and after running some calcs, it seems doable if I use 8 5/8" posts with a pretty good size footing. When I looked through...
I just got tasked with designing foundations for a new memorial park. There are a variety of granite benches, posts, plaques, etc. The issue that I am currently having is determining the best way to anchor an 8' Tall x 1'-6" Wide x 8" thick piece of granite. My initial thought is to use...
