I'm designing a U shaped bucket bracket that supports a glulam beam and is bolted to the bottom of an I beam so the glulam beam will be hung from the I-beam. My question is in regards to the forces in the bracket itself, primarily in the base plate that the glulam beam bears on. I'm modeling to...
Thanks for the advice, I'll review that section for future plans.
The pedestal does have ties. If I recall correctly, edge distance is around 8-9inches. I'll have to verify when I'm back in the office. Shear varies with frame line but max is around 22kips.
There was no epoxy set specified on the plans so no SSI needed for this but the contractor did their own thing. In the past,the city calls for SSI if it's not specified on the plans and is needed/required.
You are correct, it's a pedestal sitting on spread footings. Below is some sections...
The city did the inspections and obviously missed this. Also, the contractor did realize their mistake because they ended up epoxy setting half the hairpin into each side of the pier prior to the slab being poured which the city did not call for special inspection. The EOR was not notified of...
Hi All, I'm looking from ideas/input on this issue. I'm on a project where the contractor forgot to place the rebar hairpins at the top of the concrete columns for a per-engineered steel building. The error wasn't discovered until months after the building was complete and photos of construction...
