I have a question about construction of floor slabs and whether or not a much lower strength than specified would be an issue to other structural engineers. I have a project that has a small elevated slab as well as some of the slab on grade that came back with f'c test results of around 2200...
I have a quick and hopefully easy question. Most company's structural steel specifications indicate that primed steel members cannot be embedded in concrete. Is there a particular reason for this? I can see it making sense in a case where you are relying on bond but why would it apply to...
An interesting question was raised today when looking at an RFP for a project. In this project, originally 3/16" welds, 3" long, were specified for the purpose of welding bar joists to a beam flange based on minimum requirements of the AISC code. However, many bar joists that are used today...
