I'm trying to understand the the typical detail where a basement slab-on-grade meets a basement wall. Everywhere I see this joint discussed, an expansion joint material is called for to isolate the slab from the wall. This allows shrinkage (horiz. movement) or vertical movement of the slab...
JAE - thanks! That helps a lot. Our joists were manufactured by a company that is now out of business, so we won't be calling them up...but Vulcraft's answer is a good start.
msquared - I know we'll need to keep the bottom chord bridging in place. I'm just hoping we can eliminate the top chord. This will apply to a lot of joists, so any savings will add up.
Alternate solution - does bracing need to occur at panel points? It is located there on this building, but...
As the subject says, I'm curious if anyone can provide guidance on whether top chord bridging is required once the roof deck is installed.
I found an SJI webinar that discussed bridging at length, and seemed to suggest that the top chord bridging is only for erection and construction loads...
I often need to use custom load combos in Etabs. Does anyone know how to edit the default list in Etabs, or import load combos from another project?
This thread (thread802-357265) gave a promising approach, but I can't get it to work. I edited the .$et file in notepad and saved it. I...
