I designed anchoring for stone blocks (dentil stone, wall band stone, coping stone) into a msonry wall for an existing building in NY. The anchoring design was based on the dead load of the stones. I received comments saying to design for seismic. Can anyone provide guidance on how to go about...
Ok so actually over the cross beams is a 1 1/2" corrugated metal deck and then over the deck will be 2x8 planks for workers to walk on. I was also skeptical about wood planks bracing the cross beams, but the metal deck would brace them, correct?
I have a sidewalk shed made up of header beams and cross beams. 2x10 wood planks will be placed over the cross beams (not anchored) for workers to walk on top and do their thing. Can I consider the compression side laterally fully braced for these cross beams because of the wood planks?
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The stair tower is a scaffolding stair tower - so it will be a stable support.
We'll be using 7/8" plywood sheathing over the beams. (2) beams will run along the scaffold platform and will be attached to the scaffold using clamps. The beams running over the roof will be bolted to these beams on...
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I'm working on a project where they will be lifting an HVAC unit and moving it into the building through a louver. The roof is not flat - we need to design a platform to take the load from the unit/workers. Attached are pdf sketches showing what will be done. Will what we have in mind...
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These details are from contract drawings that were already prepared/approved. We are responsible only for the design of shoring of structures during the work; not required to direct it.
For timber shoring, we usually recommend wood frames constructed of 2x4 members -...
I'm working on a job where they will be removing the lower three courses of brick in order to do concrete spall repair work. We need to shore the existing bricks above. Normally, we would recommend a temporary relieving angle anchored into the backup masonry. However, the wall is made up of (1)...
