Cover All Buildings
Cover All Buildings
(OP)
From Global Saskatoon:
Saskatoon's Cover-All Building Systems Inc. has issued a safety warning to owners of all the company's product lines, saying there is reason to believe some of its buildings may not meet the present combined wind and snow load capacity requirements of applicable building codes.
Dik
Saskatoon's Cover-All Building Systems Inc. has issued a safety warning to owners of all the company's product lines, saying there is reason to believe some of its buildings may not meet the present combined wind and snow load capacity requirements of applicable building codes.
Dik






RE: Cover All Buildings
RE: Cover All Buildings
Sounds like "bankrupt the corporation and start the firm again at a later time", time here.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
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RE: Cover All Buildings
RE: Cover All Buildings
I looked at some Cover-All shop drawings, and some of the parts and pieces look very "proprietary"--and difficult to analyze for capacity. For example, they have round web members that flatten out at each end for the bolted connection. My guess is that some of Cover-All's components were load tested, and not designed.
Also, these structures are not very expensive--usually less than $50K new. It's difficult to justify an elaborate structural analysis on something that cheap--the engineering fee would be a large percentage of the original construction cost.
DaveAtkins
RE: Cover All Buildings