Hi all,
I have come across an interesting inconsistency in the IBC (2021) occupancy vs risk category classifications.
1) IBC Sec. 305 limits Group E (Educational) occupancy "through the 12th grade"--meaning Group E applies to buildings with educational purposes for people in grade 12 and...
Hi all, I'm curious how consulting business owners here feel about their employees using and building their own personal engineering toolbox.
Everyone has their toolbox to help them do their job more efficiently and to a higher degree of quality, from Excel design spreadsheets to...
Hi all,
What are engineers out there doing for long span situations where a girder is eligible for a live load reduction (floor live load, trib area>400sf--ASCE 7), but the trib area for the connection at either end of the girder is <400sf (ie 700sf for the girder, 350 sf for the connection)...
Hi all--just wondering if anyone knows how the sizes of canadian rebar became convention. The US has sizes that are in increments of 1/8" diameters, Europe has sizes that are in even # increments of diameters. Canada has size names that are in increments of 5mm diameters but the actual diameters...
