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Orleans Parish permits dept. requires a 130 mph wind speed for design.

Try www.Engineering-International.com and look for "composite floor beam" excel spreadsheet. Matt

Every job I've done in the past twelve years has been in "muck". As we say in the New Orleans area "a driven pile is a tested pile" Piles are a way of life here - even for most residential structures.

A 15,000 ft-lb hammer would split an upside down pile in most cases unless predrilled, which contractors hate to do. I would specify a class B timber pile and add piles as necessary to meet the load requirements. I'm driving Class 0.8 CCA treated timber piles (L=40') now at a site in Norco...

zdas04 The tpye of business entity you create has everything to do with who will be sued. The reason for incorporating in the United States is to limit liablity to the company not the individual. This may not be the case if gross negligence is invloved. E&O and G/L insurance is typically in...

One of the local jurisdictions in my area requires 6x6 - W2.9xW2.9 WWF in a 4" thick sidewalk with control joints at 5' oc. and expansion joints at 20' max intervals for crack control even though it isn't required by ACI. Due to our poor soils the WWF helps.