@structuralex yes agreed. There are suggestions here that the damage was caused during the building collapse, not prior. And that (for example) the woman who spoke on the phone to her husband and told him about the pool area collapsing before being (presumably) killed in the building collapse...
I suggest posters suggesting that all damage to the pool deck/parking area is solely a result of the main building collapse should review the collapse footage again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR29pLccutY
There are mere seconds between the 2 sections of the building collapses.
Obviously...
Essentially it's a steel plate welded to the top of the steel pile, with gussets between the plate and the pile. Don't disagree with you about the division of work. Unfortunately that's the way it was sorted before I got here so now I have to resolve the issues that arise.
Hi all,
I'm working on a construction project with steel pile caps and I've only ever worked with concrete pile caps so I'm a bit unsure of how to deal with this issue.
In terms of vertical tolerance, normally with concrete pile caps, the cap is poured low (eg 50mm below steel base plate)...
Just as a bit of background, I work for the construction contractor, which means I don't have access to any detailed design calculations eg loads. In terms of what was said at the meeting etc, I'm not even the contractor engineer looking after/responsible for this scope. I decided to come along...
We did ask about the bolts taking the shear and the epoxy being for bearing. I don't remember exactly what the design/owner engineers said, but essentially the epoxy needs to take the shear (the bolts are canister bolts -...
Hi all, after some advice here. We have an issue whereby our grouting sub-contractor has poured epoxy grout too low in some sections below a large skid (approx. 15m * 10m, 100tonne). The top of grout is currently between about 10mm and 40mm below underside of skid (it has been poured correctly...
