I am designing guardrails for a precast concrete stair in a parking garage. I am using embed plates with cast-in-place anchor on the side of the stair. Should the concrete be considered cracked or uncracked for this application. Are there any references available that cover precast stair...
I am looking an approach to provide a calculation for the safe design of a typical handrail bracket to a stud wall. Wood blocking provided behind the GWB is required for lag bolts used to connect the bracket.
Here are a few problems I have encouter while trying to solve this problem.
1. One...