I use a statement at the end of the letter that is a CYA coverall. My review always references the stamped plan that the letter addresses.
The CYA text is "To the best of my knowledge and belief, based on limited observation, the observed construction generally meets the requirements set...
I think your plywood built up beam will work fine for the application here seeing that the loads are minimal. PL or the newer poly glues should be fine, especially when screwed as well. The only issue could be the thickness of the plywood panels. Might be less bonding stress if the panels...
I agree with all of the above. We run into residential solar applications on old roof systems a lot. The installers like to say the panels only add 2-3 psf of load to the roof, but if you do the analysis or use the design tools the racking system manufacturers provide you will find that there...
I am interested in this myself. I have been using a product call Multiframe 3d for over 10 years, but ever since Bentley took the program over, the annual subscription fees have skyrocketed. I do mainly high end residential and light commercial design and the program is great for beam and...
The biggest issue I have with this initiative is the language and the type of additional courses they are talking about including in the requirements to receive a master's degree. I could maybe support it if they were talking about adding a bunch more technical requirements to make engineers...
We use Multiframe which used to be real reasonable for an annual subscription and included all the updates and unlimited technical support from Daystar, the supplier. I think the annual cost was about $500 per license. Now Bentley took over as the "channel partner" ( what ever that is) and...
In our area, the local lumberyard is pushing these for deck post supports. They seem to work well when driven into frost free (fine to coarse sand) material. The literature provides bearing capacity and frost protection depths based on the length of the rods. You are correct, there is no...
One other consideration for how you frame your corners with regards to hold downs is that if you do a solid corner with proper nailing, one hold down can be used at the corner to resist the uplift for both walls framing into the corner if both of those walls are designed as shearwalls. You...
