Unfortunatly the problem with that is that the machine that I worked with before is located in the UK and the company is now not doing business. I have heard rumour of a machine that utilises pullies and chains to space the bars but I have never come across one. Any help with this matter would...
I am trying to track down a load cell to load test a 500T Pile at the minute geokon is quoting about $1000 and the only other place I know is in Houston and the shipping for that load cell is astronomical. Does anyone know of a place that i could rent a load cell in or around the Cincinati area...
I am unable to use a drive on splicer because of headroom resrictions I have a 65'-0' pipe and less than 20' of headroom and there isnt even room to swing a hammer let alone seat it properly.
Do you rember how man passes you had to perform? I was guessing it would be 5 but I want to try and confirm without having to Pay AWS to read their spec. Thnaks for the info though!
I am looking to find out if there are any pre approved welds (within AWS D1.1)for welding .375 straight seam pipe? The welding will be for pile casing and has to be performed on site? Any ideas?
I have had a lot of confusion recently over the appliction and installation of a telltale in an Auger cast pile. Could some one please explain to me what one would entail and how I would get any kind of result from it? I hae been told several things but have been lead to believe that it is just...
Typically a Auger cast pile will contain rebar dependant on the load type typically you should at least expect to have (4) #6 with #3 Rings @12" o/c and this is defiatly the case with a lateral condition With some 18" Piles I have work with lateral loads as high as 50Kips in the lateral and...
Is there and aut cad add or other program that would allow me to easily produce a site model showing my starta levels and cut acurate sections through it.?
I have recently stumbled across the new blue book on-line that allows you to send out requests for quotes on-line. Has anyone had any bad experience with this at all? Any hidden charges? I would appreciate your opinions.
I am in a siutation that demands that I produce a large amount of steel details for pile cages (Small Diameter)although he cages are all pretty standard the process is time consuming. I have heard a rumour that a program (Visual basic most likly) is floating around that allows cage details to be...
I am carrying out a design for work in the louisville area and have begun to examine soil reports however the strata that I seem to encounter is the same the 'N' values vary anywhere from 7 to 70 for a poorly graded sand. Is there a method other than just averages that can give me a reliable...