We have a building we are evaluating with 14" deep steel 'joists' that have what looks like a ST2x3.85 top chord and a 2 1/4"x1/4" bottom chord. The middle two panels have a round bar welded to the top of the bottom chord. The web members are round bars. The configuration is somewhat similar to...
We are designing a 4 story residential building with the first level being composite steel framed with concrete filled metal deck and then 3 level of wood construction. On similar past projects we have used CIP concrete for the podium level where deflections due to gravity loads are minimum...
Have a client/owner who is looking to construct a 3 story wood framed structure on podium using concrete filled metal deck on steel framing instead of the more typical cast-in-place concrete construction. I am concerned about anchorage of the shear walls to the steel framing with a thinner slab...
