We recently had all of our newly installed paneling buckle. We installed it in a weekend, came back a few weeks later and it looked like this… thoughts with anyone with this experience?
Has anyone seen a beam like this? Whole box section is about 9-3/8" tall, 5" wide. Looks like a box beam/double channel from the inside. Has a #5 or #6 rebar in each corner and vertical rebar at the premanufactured hole. All welded up, but no concrete in sight. Hole is obviously premanufactured...
With the attached detail, would you consider this steel beam's top flange to be braced at the spacing of the joists? There might be a little torsion induced by the offset - is there any standard practice or recommendations to reduce this torsion? (The wall above is an exterior wall and the...
I have a steel tower, approximately 7'x7'x35', that holds lime to treat min runoff. The long term effect of the lime and the structure is being questioned to determine if it has reached its service life or if it can continue to be used. Direct inspection is nearly impossible at this location...
