ok thanks anyway...I was just trying to avoid making the engineer who came up with the design look bad. but I guess that what he deserves when he just writes "use acceptable anchor bolt" in his plan and specs
That is kind of where the problem is, the engineer who designed this project did a very poor job. His plans just call of an anchor bolt meeting 80 mph FM uplift requirements. However, code requires design for at least a 120 mph uplift, and even suggests a 135 mph requirement since I am in...
Hi I am working on a project right now that requires a wooden nailer to be anchored around the roof perimeter of a building, however, I cant find any literature or specs on depth of the bolt into a concrete slab. The only information that I can find deals with anchoring into concrete masonry...