Movement sounds very high but if you want a screwball idea...
Construct a platform to set the unit on.
Construct column extensions from the existing columns.
Suspend the unit platform with steel pins, clevis, turnbuckle and threaded rod. The horiaontal movement is taken care of by the swing...
Looking for information for the design and construction of the following basement wall built around 1909 in Philadelphia PA - this was seen on one project and observed on existing drawings for another building in the city. This construction is the basement wall located away from the face of...
Removing the flat plate slab of three lower floors in an existing 24 story building due to sever corrosion of the top and bottom reinforcing steel. Removal will reach 50% of each floor area.
Any information for reinforcing steel detail to re-establish slab and column connection (intending to...
Renovation of existing frame that was a prefabricated metal frame with taper column and girder frame supporting thin wall box purlins (severly corroded to be removed).
Any suggestions on simple analysis to determine existing frame capacity?
More specific question regarding adjacent foundation element. Example, 120 ton compression capacity auger cast in place pile system, two pile caps 8'-0 square with four piles each, face to face of pile cap dimension is 16'-0 (center to center of columns 20'-0).Pile cap A is under basement wall...
Looking for practice is setting elevation of adjacent foundation elements. For spread and/or continuous wall footing(s) I have used the rule of thumb of 2 horizontal to 1 vertical unless soils report says something like 1 to 1 would be acceptable. Have used the same general rules for adjacent...
