Working on a Canadian retrofit project now with foundation drawings from the late 80s. Foundation drawings call out “DESIGN BEARING PRESSURE 6000PSF”
Like many retrofits, we’ll be adding substantial load.
Maybe it’s my age but “design” means nothing to me. Is this intended to be ultimate or...
First time poster, hoping this meets the forum criteria with respect to duplicate threads.
I just wanted to re-open the discussion on a closed thread in light of a recent client request:
https://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=420043
I believe the structure in question was a storage tank...