I have a project with a new client for a storage building that's constructed out of load bearing cold formed steel framing. The client is saying in the past they've seen the lateral system comprised of 29ga sheathing and the studs being spaced at 30" O.C.
Based on the AISI S240 I'm seeing that...
With the shear capacity change in 318-19 I imagine shear reinforcement has become a lot more common for transfer slabs however I think it's unclear which spacing requirements should be used. Have other engineers been using the two-way slab spacing requirements indicated in Table 8.7.6.3 or beam...
I have a project where we never received stud rail shop drawings prior to their installation and the concrete pour. It wasn't until after the pour that we received an inspection report which clearly showed that AWS headed studs were used for the stud rails which don't meet the ACI required...
I've seen many example details through textbooks and online sources showing poor wood ledger details attaching to cmu/concrete wall with cross grain bending, however a lot of drawings I've seen across several design firms will still show a similar detail at interior concrete or cmu walls. Do I...
