Is anyone familiar with using Spider Bolts when making tube connections? I'm working on a project for a kiosk in an airport so we can't do any on site welding and I need to make some connections with steel tubes. I've come across the Spider Bolts but can't find any information about connection...
Thanks for the replies, you've all reinforced what I was thinking. It all seemed fairly straightforward, I just wanted to make sure there wasn't anything obvious that I was overlooking.
Need some help/advice with the following situation proposed an architect. A new elevator shaft and stairs are intended to be installed within an existing 3-story, 25 year old building. Framing system is 18" 'H' series bar joists @ 24" o.c. supported on exterior 4" brick/4" block (I'm assuming...
A lot of fabricators want the same dimensions at the column/ beam so that fabrication is easier. They can layout the column on a jig table and when they lay out the beam they don't have to re-set the jig. What type of connection (vertical, perpendicular to top flange, diagonal, etc) is at the...
I'm looking at a residential addition project that consists of adding a second floor on and existing single story house. The existing exterior is 4" brick/ 4" block composite walls that are approximately 7'-0" tall above finished floor, with 8" cmu basement walls below. The proposed addition...
The column (6"x10") is set onto a 5'x5' spread footing and encased with 4'x4'x40" of concrete up to grade level, (around only). The contractor wants to just use the original plans and rebuild.
I'm looking for some references pertaining to a "grout pocket" foundation (contractors description, I haven't seen it yet). An existing square tube column was sheared off after being hit by a car and the owner wants to re-erect the canopy based on the original framing design, i.e. replace the...
