Thank you for the feedback!
Yes, I was thinking curing issues, but like you said... precast.
I didn't think anything was major here either.
Thanks for the tip! I definitely overdo the photos. I basically take photos throughout my walkthrough and have arrows on my drawing to remember the...
I did the same thing! Then I was like... I need a signature line. I think the forum should always add a divider to make it clear that the post is over and now it's a signature. It did on his second post in your screenshot... not sure why it didn't on the first one.
- Molly Richardson, EIT...
For larger heel heights, we have transferred the lateral loading down from the roof deck to the wall below using 2x blocking at the top chord and placing sheathing rated for the shear wall loading req from that blocking to the stud wall (or CMU wall) below.
- Molly Richardson, EIT (awaiting PE...
I had an architect request a certain out-to-out of the brick veneer and based on CMU backing size, it didn't make sense to cut block. We ended up with about 3". Typically, we see about 2" of air gap. NCMA specifies 4.5" max. Can your wood wall not extend further out to reduce that gap size? I...
Hi -- I recently did an inspection of a parking garage in Jacksonville, Florida. These cracks in the underside of the precast double tee's were seen fairly frequently. In some cases you can see what looks like rebar peeking through. No cracks were seen on the topside in the middle of the span...
