Does anyone have any information on which if any Sikdur product can be used to fix cracks in a wood column? Am thinking inject cracks then full wrap with carbon wrapped epoxy. For reference the column is an 8x8.
I have a two span W8x10 in which my client would like to remove the center support. They are trying to keep the costs down for the retrofit and I am planning on using a W12x22 to support the overlaying roof structure. I am planning on leaving the W8x10 in place and putting the W12x22 directly...
Working with a new client who has been installing handrail posts with a 1 1/2" edge distance for years. As the new engineer they need me to create calculations for their shop drawings. I can't get the calculation to work for a 6" deep embedment into the concrete. They typically have the...
I have a steel water tank. Supported on a concrete matt on piles.
The seismic analysis of the tank using ASCE 7 and some other sloshing equations yield a base shear coefficient of Cs= 0.06 Wd. The tank and fluids weigh approximately 60,000,000 lbs. Believe it or not it has a 12 second...
I have a retaining wall that was not built per plan and I need to find a way to justify the slab on grade support 1'-0" above the retaining wall footing. I am looking for an ACI section I could use to justify this support. Maybe like a baseplate type calculation. Any help for my response back to...
Beams, girders, or slabs supported by columns or walls shall not be cast or erected until concrete in the vertical support members is no longer plastic.
I have a condition where a contractor wishes to pour two separate decks with an connecting column in the same sequence. I am looking for a...
