I have a job where the concrete contractor installed the steel bearing plates out of level. Please see the attached picture. The concrete pier below is 12"x24" the beam is sitting on the pier in the length direction (24") There is a steel bearing plate cast into the concrete. The beam is...
I have a question about a brace connection design. I am using the AISC 9th ed. Vol. II Connections Manual to design a brace connection using the uniform force method. It has great detail for brace connections with beams horizontal into a column. My problem is I have a roof beam with a brace...