Greetings all,
I am deadling with sloppy contractor work on a small one story masonry administration building. The masonry embed plates in question are spaced approximately 4' o.c. and welded to a continuous L 4x4x1/2 on which the joists are supported. Each 4 X 8 plate contains two fy=51ksi...
Greetings All,
I have a general question on Slender Masonry Walls. We got into a debate here at the office over the question "Do we need to have special inspection performed on slender masonry walls or can we reduce the phi factor from .8 to .5 in order to eliminate the special...
Great posts by all. I really appreciate all of your help. After much deliberation on this project (there was plenty), and the uphill battle it seems I will be fighting with all the existing conditions on the site (not to mention the schism between clients and original consultants that seems to...
The soils report does not mention any slip critical plains or slope stability issues on the site. The borings were provided by a drilling contractor. Who in turn handed them to a geotech. Who in turn handed them to an engineer. Who in turn used them for a structure located in the general...
Thanks for the quick response BigH. Thanks for the welcome also.
The soil is a sandy clay at two boring locations and "mixed rubble" (assuming rubble is coarse gravel) at the other. The borings were taken about 6 months ago. During that time the borings indicate that the water table...
Hi All,
I am currently working on a project dealing with very unstable soils wanting to slide out and down into a park path (It has already destroyed part of a road from movement). There is an existing retaining wall (very old, worn, falling apart, i.e. historic - 8ft. in height) that faces...
