We are getting called out to inspect a hotel with precast slabs. We're looking for some ideas of what could be causing the slab to crack before we go out and inspect it. See picture attached. Our initial thoughts are shear failure, however there's not really much load being applied. The second...
Looking for some guidance and references regarding exterior concrete stairs. We do a good amount of stair work but it's mostly steel and we do work with concrete, just not elevated stairs. We got a job which has a pedestrian bike stair for a park. The client would like it to be concrete. It's...
We are looking to start some work with designing stairs in California. ASCE 7-16 13.5.10 states that the stair connections need to accommodate the seismic relative displacements. With these displacements occurring in any horizontal direction. AISC Design Guide 34 gives very few typical...
