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  1. dfitz

    12" SD located under building column footing

    My recent inspection revealed a 12" SD (HDPE pipe) running directly under an endwall column footing. The footings, wall/pier have already been poured and the contractor was getting ready to backfill. The endwall footing is 6x6x12" thick, and was upsized for uplift conditions on the PEMB...
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    Tension Tie Beam Steel

    Hello, I'm designing a foundation for a pre-engineered metal building, 90' clearspan. The mainframes exert approximately 50k of thrust due to Snow, Dead and Collateral. I intend to tie the piers together with a typical tension tie with rebar and mechanical couplers (2#9 bars). I've been asked...

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