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there are plastic jersey barriers that you can fill with water you could use. Easy to move around as well. Not sure if thats really the direction you wanna go but it is an option

Apparently, there's an ASTM standard for it. "The ASTM F3016 standard details a testing method to determine a bollards ability to stop a 5,000 lb test vehicle at 10, 20 and 30 MPH" sources: https://www.trafficguard.net/resources/about-us/astm-f3016 https://www.astm.org/f3016_f3016m-19.html

Just an EIT here but I've done a fair amount of foundation engineering on signs (monument/wall/pole). We have always made monument signs RC 2. (though we are in florida and whatever we design will surely see a hurricane in its lifetime) If these are standardized products, I would certainly go...

treat it just like a bolt wood connection only instead of steel its wood

yes

Yes exactly. At the previous company I worked for it would take all of 3 hours between site visits and making the drawing. We'd get around 500-1000 (pre-covid inflation) each job. We'd done it so many times we just had a template and some details that we'd copy/paste (and adjust as needed).

I previously interned for a small structural engineering company that did some residential jobs for demolition and renovation/repair companies (think Servpro, Terminix, and other Termite repair/Flood/Fire damage businesses). Did projects that ranged from rotten roof sheathing to fire/termite...

This may also be of use: https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/ICCG52019/appendix-4-resources

This is what I've been able to find, neither are very reputable, but the first has some references that may be of use. I've never designed a structure using containers though. https://www.structuremag.org/?p=22699 https://www.containerhandbuch.de/chb_e/stra/index.html?/chb_e/stra/stra_03_00.html

@jerseyshore I just opened Forte for the first time and made an account. I cant believe that it's free! Most residential really doesn't even need paid calc software it looks like. Thank you so much for this.

Better than anything ive found, thanks

I've looked and looked for resources on shipping container standards and using them for structures and cant find any. Do you have some resources that you pull from??

would a WWTP not be an "essential facility"? I'd assume IV

RWW0002 you were 100% right that I needed to take a closer look at my loads. I was "double dipping" putting load that was actually taken by my beams also on my hip.

Revit

Heres the orientation of my members https://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=6979ec8e-71d3-4770-8cb6-2c4108a7ae6d&file=ROOF.JPG

I have a back porch in a high wind area with a large uplift pressure. heres my members (from bottom to top) -6x6 post -(2) 1 3/4" x 11 7/8" LVLs meeting at a corner that sits on the post -hip truss that sits on the LVLs on my post I was hoping that I'd be able to use a Simpson connector, but...