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Hi colleagues, what's a good reading starting point to approach the problem of planning/scheduling freight trucks? Regards.

Hi, Is there a proven standard solution for placing a bolted steel silo over concrete columns, considering seismic? I was asked to evaluate an alternative to the steel braced frames, with rc columns, so seismic is reduced (replacing steel braced frames with rc moment frames, or possibly...

Hi all, What's a good, updated book/resource/supplier-website to learn about earthworks and heavy equipment? I'm exploring questions like how to select machinery, improve efficiency on loading material and moving it around, new technologies to do things faster, surveying tips, etc. A resource...

Hello, I'm looking for resources/books/info on how to treat and recycle water that has been used to wash vehicles (mostly plain dirt with some minerals). We are talking about a Grease trap plus maybe some Coalescing Filtration, so water can be reused for washing (not potable). Maybe also...

Is there any particular consideration on having an axially loaded steel column (compression and tension) placed directly over a deep footing (1.6 m deep)? without either a pedestal or pedestal rebar inside the footing (embedded pedestal)? Appart from punching shear, is there any other...

What would be the most appropriate way to connect a cantilever retaining wall to a composite deck slab of the interior steel building, of a semi buried house? So it works as simply supported. The composite deck passes over the wall. Can't find any similar detail anywhere that addresses both...

I'm on a small project where fabrication and erection tolerances where not honored, which means that bolt holes for purlins and girts need to be made for each span. I wish to change the detail and weld the splice with appropriate care and technique (thickness is 1.6 mm). I have not seen a welded...

Hi I'm involved in a 4000 m2 warehouse project (50 m width with a intermediate column, 80 m long, 9 m height to eaves) and a contractor made an offer (turnkey) to do it with precast concrete columns, beams and purlins. The offer is sort of competitive (its more expensive than steel but does not...