Thank you, yes I am, but I work in a different division so I don't design this type of residential project - I was just asked to look at this condition. Thanks for your help everyone.
Thanks guys, I went looking for a full plan and realized I was wrong about the soil height. Usually these walls are basement walls, but in this case they are almost totally above grade, so there is no chance of counting on soil pressure to resist the load. I don't really see this working...
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phamENG: Yes that sounds cleaner to me, I'm trying to decide if I need to ask the EOR to work it out through the diaphragm. But there may be a reason it's defined this way - maybe the building dimension perpendicular to the shear wall is too wide (my sketch is not to scale) or one end wall has a...
Hello, I have a question about whether and how you can count on retained soil to resist loads. In the sketch below, the solid walls show the basement walls of a house, with most of the basement wall below grade. The dashed lines above are the first floor framing. The basement walls are...
Thanks everyone for the help! Great to get some feedback. I should clarify some things as you have pointed out.
r13: I can't disagree with your dislike of combining the building structure and the retaining wall. Argument against: retaining walls could move slightly, and building columns...
Hi all, first time posting here so please excuse any faux pas, but I wanted to start with a thank you to the community. I have learned a lot perusing this forum over the last few years.
I wanted to get opinions on a situation where a cantilever retaining wall is also being used as a column...
