I am doing a building in California the will have a partial steel podium with wood on top (3 stories of wood. We are thinking we will need to have a building expansion joint were the steel stops to allow structures to move interdependently. So one side will be 4 stories of wood, the other 1...
I am working on an old building (maybe 30's or 40's?)and came across a beam labeled 20I56 and another 10I25.4. I have not been able to find section properties for these beams. Any help would be much appreciated!
I have been working in structural engineering for several years, have my P.E. and a M.S. in Civil Engineering. I have worked for a few companies, always as part of a team and under a senior engineer. I have been managing my own projects and doing all of the calcs and coordination. I have also...
