Twenty-four Miami apartment buildings, including two county-owned structures, listed unsafe after audit
https://news.yahoo.com/twenty-four-miami-apartment-buildings-170000193.html
The building is very close to the shore line. I heard speculation about sinkholes. If that's a possibility, very likely sinkholes may have occurred previously in the lawn fronting the building.
Below is an image taken from a youtube clip on the sister building. The column doesn't look safe with the cracks and concrete spalling.
Surprisingly residents are still allowed to live in the building, given the witnessed catastrophe...
Monitoring building for settlement, tilting & vibration is a must for multistory and high-rise buildings. Routinely inspecting structure for signs (cracks, deflections, etc) of distress needs to be enforced.
This type of catastrophe appears to be from overall stability failure. Buildings just...
Hi, I am looking for any design reference concerning aircraft engine test cell concrete structure for the thrust forces and vibrations. Hope someone can shed me some lights.
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Hi, I appreciate any advice and opinions you may have concerning the following .....
The company now I am working for will be shut down by owner. Recently I formed my own engineering business entity. The company would like to transfer some unfinished projects (design completed but support...
@ATSE, thanks!
My concerns about using plastic spacers is whether the spacers will create small voids at the underside of slabs due to potential inability for concrete mix to completely cover and fill the spacers.
Hi my fellow Engineers,
I am working on a project involving a floating concrete box with bottom slabs, wall and top slab. To bring the best in water tightness, what are the recommended spacers for rebar? Are concrete spacers better than plastic spacers?
Appreciate if you can be specific if...
Thanks to everyone for your reply.
Regarding tail coverage, if the owner closes the company it's likely he will stop having any coverage. He is very old and way past his retirement age, so the reality is he may be gone or physically/mentally disabled due to aging on any day.
Thanks Ron for your reply.
My concern for potential liabilities is after the firm is closed for business, when the firm and the owner are not available.
Hi my fellow engineers,
I have a question about professional liability and would like to seek your valuable opinions.
I am a PE and have been working for a small engineering services firm for a long time. The owner of the firm has been sealing/stamping design drawings for every project and I...
