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I am designing a braced frame in a freezer warehouse building (the building will be built at ambient temperatures, and then brought down to -10 degrees. It's an ordinary concentrically braced frame (R=3.25, design category D). The building is approximately 300 feet long. The braced frame has...

Thanks. The frames are stiffness controlled, so a weak axis moment frame will not work for drift criteria. I am wondering if, instead of full pen welding, we could size fillet welds for 5/8 of the thickness of the WT web in the zone around the beam. This should develop the full strength of...

Hello, I am designing a built-up "cruciform" column as part of a rigid frame (using R=3.0) to resist wind and seimic loads. I am uncertain of how to design the weld of the WT webs to the web of the continuous wide flange column. I am thicking about doing a shear flow calculation for the...

I am working on an expansion to a steel framed freezer building. The freezer building is a rectangular box, approxmately 40' tall, in seismic design category D. Because of thermal issues, I am investigating tying the buildings together (instead of providing a seismic separation per code)...

In my opinion, more information is always better than less information. I don't see how knowing more information about your financial situation is wrong. It empowers you to take action, instead of aimlessly wandering through life ignorant and blind. If it's good for the employee, it's also...

I haven't seen any specific bonus information. But during my review, I was told that the bonuses for non-officers varied from "x amount" to "x amount." I'm sure officers get big bonuses. Personally, I like the system. I haven't heard any complaints from anyone. Surprisingly, the salaries...

Speaking of compensation, I work for a large (enr top 100) company that makes all employee salaries and hourly rates available. I was just wondering how common this is. I think it's great. I know what my boss makes. I know what his boss makes. I know what the person in the next cubicle...