Quite a mystery here...
There is a sizeable but lightweight sculpture atop a building. I do not have any drawings nor much history to go off of, just a hunch that this was erected sometime in the late 1990s. The primary load of concern is wind load, given the surface area versus dead load. It...
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Building dates to approximately 1897. We were able to do coupon tests to the horizontal framing, which is steel. Interior...
