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Thank you dik, I will look at the threads

HEllo All, Looking for help in finding what code/manuals etc. are acceptable to use for designing a 35' flagpole foundation. I'm in California, so wind speed is relatively low. Figuring an 11' x 8' flag..... any tips appreciated, but primarily just trying to figure out what literature is...

Hi Everyone, I work for myself and generally am involved with residential projects. I do the structural calculations and oversee the structural sheets in the plan set. One of my regular clients is wanting me to stamp the non-structural sheets of the plans (in addition to the other sheets)...

For what it's worth, I did find where I had seen the 10 psf load.... the 1991 UBC..... the code in effect when I graduated college, lol. I am hopefully uploading the table from that code to show I wasn't crazy...

Thanks everyone so far.... 1503-44 , driftLimiter, ChorasDen ..... I appreciate the time. I ended up designing for 20psf Roof Live Load.

Hello Everyone, My question (I think) is about as simple as they come. I am almost positive I remember years back that a Roof Live Load of 10psf was all that was required for an Ag. Bilding Looking at the ASCE 7-16 I can't find anything other than 20psf for a roof live load. I'm engineering...

I'd like to thank everybody for their responses.... I appreciate your time spent. Really enjoy this site. Cheers

Hello All, I'm engineering a retaining wall that is retaining 36" of soil with a residential driveway surcharge. The ground slopes away from the existing driveway at about a 2:1 slope. (Existing wall was damaged in a fire and is being tore out and a new one constructed). My question is this...

Hi Everybody.... thank you for the replies..... I have decided to not get involved with the project. Some things just aren't worth it. Thank you very much for your opinions and insights, they were appreciated

Does GV stand for Grass Valley? It's where I live in California and the 3rd party plan check comments look like this company that does our counties plan checks, lol. As far as your question...I don't have any real advice. Just wanted to say hey.

Right now , I think I will not do anything until I talk to the other Engineer.... but any additional input is appreciated :) I'm also thinking of telling the guy that he can turn the original engineer in to the engineers board perhaps....

Hello All, Thank you to those who have replied so far.... sorry for the lack of clarity in my original post. THe other engineer and myself are completely unrelated. I work for myself ( and by myself) and do engineering of houses and small structures. The other engineer I believe is also...

Hello All, Forgive me if this has been asked before. Can anyone tell me the "rules" regarding doing a change-order on a project that was engineered by a different engineer? I have a guy that hasn't been able to get a hold of his engineer, and he wants me to sign off on a few changes. I tried...

I'm just starting out as well.... although been doing what I do for 20 years One tip I would say is to give your repeat clients a better deal (contractors, architects, draftspeople, realtors, etc) Actively try and form relationships with those kinds of people because you will each be doing...

Hello. I'm getting ready to try and design my first post-tension slab. It's for a 2-story house with sub-par soil conditions. From what I've understood so far there are 3 ways to design it. I want to use the "Striaght" method (opposed to "Rigorous" or "Load Balancing") because it's simpler...

There is a site that Berkley maintains that has all the editions of the UBC available for free download https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/ubc/ very useful. About the load combinations.... I wouldn't use today's load combinations with the loads figured from the 1968 UBC, would I ? My...

Thanks everyone.... I appreciate it

Thank you, bimr.... Yes, I think everything you said was correct. I am familiar with our building department and will ultimately ask them if it's allowed by them. Really the barn itself will get permitted, I'm in the plan check phase. So the plan checker's (from an outside agency the county...

Hi, This is my first post here. My question in general is if it's permissible to engineer a building to the current code rather than the code in effect the year it was built? My thought is usually codes become more restrictive if anything, although I know there are some exceptions, and so it...