I am the Structural Engineer for a Lobby Renovation project in a large building.
The architect intends to build a (roughly) 5 to 6 foot tall by roughly 11 feet wide.
The glass will likely be back lit, and may be etched. It will be a artistic sign display. It will be in front of an old...
I am evaluating a Butler building built in the 60s. It appears that some of the roof purlins have rotated. We measured about 5-6 degrees of rotation on some of the purlins, while others were within 1-2 degrees of being perpendicular to the roof deck.
It would appear that the entire purlin...
I have an office building currently being occupied by a hospital as a secondary building (not the main hospital). They want to put Hyperbaric chambers on the 3rd floor (moving them from the ground floor).
The chambers roll on 4 wheels, and weight 2500 lb with patient. The wheels are small...
I have a job where the existing house's exterior walls are entirely built using Terra Cotta block. The block is 3 cores, about 7.5" thick, and is probably 10"x10" (don't have exact dimensions, but can get them easily).
The job consists of attaching several ledgers to the outside of the...
