@dik…thanks for your response. Like I stated early, it’s possible I caught it or someone else did after my site visit but because I wasn’t sure, hence, the panicking & sleepless night that this might cause future collapse or something. I appreciate your opinion
Good day Engrs, please I have a question which has created mind bugging for me as I’m new to site supervision in canada, I once visited a site in February 2022, I showed the steel man on site what to fix but not sure I showed him this particular zone which I later saw in a video I captured...
@Dik
I’m sorry if you felt some type of way with my questions. I was just curious to understand what could happen in a scenario where a side has diagonal bars and the other side without a diagonal bar but with sufficient horizontal and vertical bars. Thank you for your input so far. I really...
@steynvw if you’re referring to this element shown in here:
It’s actually a shearwall not a column.
@Dik, please I asked a question regarding the statement you made abt multiple Irregular opening, I asked if the diagonal bars attached to the other end might impact the side with just...
Dik,
Are you saying the fact that one side of the opening has diagonal bars and the other side don’t would impact the structure? or you’re saying the horizontal and vertical bars provided would be sufficient in this case?
Thank you everyone for your contributions. I really appreciate.
@dik
There is a part I forgot to mention though, a side of the opening had diagonal bars, the other side didn’t.I’ve attached the picture of the other side. Won’t stress be transferred from the part with diagonal to the part...
Hello great minds, I have been having sleepless night after a visit to a construction site.I noticed the third-floor slab openings for stairway didn’t have diagonal bars, just vertical and horizontal bars. My question is without the diagonal bars will there be cracks which could result to...
