The walls do contain a great deal of openings, but no buttresses. The final stability come from everything being tied together with the structural steel. There is some stability provided by turns in the walls. The structural engineer did not make any provisions in his design for stability during...
I am work on a church that has 90' high walls around the perimeter. The first 22' are 18" thick the rest is 12" thick. The first lift to 22' will be installed and then the structural steel will be installed, then the walls will continue to full height. These walls need to be...
