Bearing Plate Question
Bearing Plate Question
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See attached pictures - I am NOT the EOR for this project, but noticed a potential disaster waiting to happen. I rough calculated the point load from beam reaction to be in the 25-30 kip range from roof load, CMU wall DL, PC Plank DL-LL, no bearing plate installed on the CMU and I believe not grouted below and of course no column below either. The CMU has slight diagonal crack (maybe not clear on the picture). I feel this needs to be reported to Owner as a serious concern...thoughts?






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If there is no rebar or grout in these cells, then yes, you may have a problem here.
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Another concern, since the lack of a bearing plate, grouting and column reinforcing is a problem, if this beam is also a drag strut, were the tension links, whatever they were, ever installed to the CMU wall?
There could be more problems here than meet the eye.
Mike McCann
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As for the grouting, the pitch of the sound a hammer struck against the CMU cells will tell if they are grouted or not.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
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