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I am designing the footings for a 6-story building.
The issue I am facing is that the soil strength is very low, and the spring constant is 250 kN/m per square meter.
The footings for the stair and elevator shafts (which are taking the lateral shear as well) are mat footings but I am...
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My questions are related to buildings near railway lines in Canada.
Are there any specific requirements for building foundations that are in close proximity to railway lines?
The building is commercial.
From what I have researched, the main issue would be vibrations due to railway...
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I have a concern regarding diaphragm design for seismic loads in Canada, I am new to this so please pardon the simplicity of my question:
In a multi story building, when I get the seismic story forces, do I use those (Fx) or do I compute the Fpx values for diaphragm design? Also, do I...
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My question is regarding the connection between precast planks and cold formed steel (CFS) load bearing walls.
If we have an 8" precast plank sitting on a CFS wall (studs at 16" c/c), also bearing a similar CFS wall on top, on the third floor of a 6-story building, what would be the...
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Please refer to the attached sketch, the hollowcore slab is falling slightly short of the actual bearing length and I am looking to fill in the void properly and provide proper bearing and connection for jack and king studs that are taking larger loads. What would be the best way to do...
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I am working on a base plate for HSS steel column and facing an issue with the placement of anchor bolts.
Apparently the column will be placed on the edge of the foundation wall due to which the base plate can not be extended on that edge and the column cannot be moved.
The foundation...
I have a question regarding a scenario where an HSS steel column, which was supposed to rest on a steel I beam, will be resting on a concrete slab between the beam and the column.
Is that an acceptable practice, or is it better to connect it directly to the beam?
