Does anyone know of any high capacity anchors for a LVL transfer beam? The transfer beam is 7"x20" LVL and is framing into another 7"x20" LVL Header Beam. My D+L reaction is around 25 kips. Simpson high capacity anchors for LVL beams max out around 11 kips. Is there any others available...
I am currently designing shearwalls for an apartment building. I need to account for the shear transfer from wall above to wall below at intermediate floors by base(sill) plate nailing. Does anyone know where I can find the required nail type and spacing req'd by IBC or actual nail shear...
