Soooo, a contractor forgot to install a supporting steel column in a residential construction project, the home is all framed up with roof on, and the supporting steel column cannot now be installed directly below the steel beam as they misplaced the steel beam's location and it falls near the...
Hello,
I have a three story, mixed use wood-framed project I'm working on in a relatively high seismic area where the soil is a sandy soil and water table is at 7'. Building will be built over a crawlspace. The soils engineer stated that the liquefaction potential would be moderate here based...
Very good, thanks for all the responses!
Kootk - Yeah there was about 1" of grout below the base plate, looks like that cracked pretty quick and the anchor bolts look liked they failed in a combination of bending/shear.
Bones - Good call on the HDPE protection, I've advised them of this...
Working a case where a forklift collided with an HSS column in a commercial warehouse for general merchandise (not government warehouse or super sensitive materials inside) and the roof came down. Is there an impact load that the columns need to be designed for in the IBC/ASCE 7? I don't know of...
