Ron, thanks for the information.
The James Lincoln Foundation referred us to AWS D1.7 - Guide for Strengthening and Repairing Existing Structures. However from what we have been able to locate of this document, it appears D1.7 is intended for evaluation of existing welds with flaws...
Has anyone run across electric forging welds before?
We are looking at an existing open web steel joist that was fabricated in 1942 by Truscon Steel Company. The bottom chord is a tapered T shape, the top chord is a channel shaped like a W, the web members is a continuous bent rod.
The weld...
The latest version of the Amrhein book: Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook, 6th Edition can be purchased directly from MIA for $100. This edition was updated for ACI 530-05:
http://www.masonryinstitute.org/book.php?catID=5&pID=146
NCMA - TEK 10-02B - Control Joints for Concrete Masonry Walls - Empirical Method:
www.ncmaetek.org/etek/pdf_brand.asp?pdf=TEK%2010-02B.pdf
NCMA - TEK 10-03 - Control Joints for Concrete Masonry Walls - Alternative Engineered Method:
www.ncmaetek.org/etek/pdf_brand.asp?pdf=TEK%2010-03.pdf
I believe the company merged and is now known as MeadowBurke:
http://www.meadowburke.com/
It sounds like a coil lifting insert to me. See the below catalog pdf starting on page 234 for examples:
http://www.meadowburke.com/documents/generalline/15%20MB%20GL%20Tilt-Up.pdf
The model numbers are...
Why not apply for comity and obtain a PE license in the other state? Depending on the fee for the project, this may be a worthwhile option. It would certainly appear to simplify matters.