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I hope you're doing well. I'm facing a challenging structural issue in Florida following the damage caused by Hurricane Ian's surge last year. I'd love to hear your opinions and insights on how to approach this problem. Please note that this is more of a discussion thread, and I'm...
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I need some help with a project I'm working on, the project is a remodeling of two condo units on top of each other in a 5-story condominium building, the client bought the unit on top of his old unit (2nd and 3rd floors) for the purpose of joining them vertically for a larger...
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As a part of a concrete deck inspection and evaluation we've done some core sampling and testing for compressive strength and water soluble Chloride content, we got the attached results. the concrete is 60 years old, the mx design strength is 5ksi and the rebar is 60Ksi...
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I am designing a jacking system to jack up a bridge for rocker replacement, I am thinking of using HSSQ 9X9 which slide in HSSQ 10X10 section as shown in the sketch, for foundation I'm using a huge steel slab with a stiffened connection to the HSSQ, for the connection to the...
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Last week the contractor started demoing a concrete deck on a single span bridge to be replaced with a new deck. The approved demolition procedure stated to saw cut the deck at the longitudinally at the center line of the girders and every 5ft transversely (approx. 7'x5' pieces)...
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I work with a construction management company and one of our clients (private) hired us to design-repair structural deficiencies on one of their bridges (private property in an industrial environment). However their budget is coming short this year and they want to...
Hey, I'm working on a bridge maintenance projects and we are changing the bridge bearings. 8 bearings each abutment ( total 16). the bearings we had is high rockers bearings. the project timeline is very tight and the through traffic cannot be closed. ( one lane should be open all times). I...
