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    Basement to walk out basement conversion

    1- I would check this header as unreinforced concrete. If it's lightly loaded it might work but 6' is starting to feel a little long for my gut feel. If it doesn't work I would bolt a channel to the face of the concrete that hides inside the furring wall, this way you don't have to overcut the...
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    Glass Railing Follow up questions

    I originally made a post about a glass railing here. I'm designing a glass railing for a custom stair that will be supported by round standoffs and will have a custom 3/4"x2" handrailing above the glass. I have a few follow up questions. -For those of you who design these railings in Risa, do...
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    Vertically stepped wood diaphragm

    I think XR250 has the right idea. Or a beam or girder in line with the wall. That seems like a weird truss profile to me. Also, if your loads are light enough, drywall has shear capacity as well so you ceiling may help you.
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    Using Equipment next to an existing retaining wall

    Thanks JAE and MTSOE. Yes it's essentially a 28'x30' 12" prestress concrete plate that is pinned on 4 sides with soil loading for the full height. There isn't a drivelane or any kind of vehicle access next to the wall (at the top) but i think it's likely that small snowplows have been driven all...
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    Using Equipment next to an existing retaining wall

    I'm working on a TI project on an existing precast concrete building. Our work is on the main floor (mostly just a new door opening in a non-structural wall) but below this is a 28' tall retaining wall (2 stories of basement with no floor bracing it except at top and bottom). They are demo'ing...
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    Air Content in residential concrete

    Thanks pham. Why do you use 6% air for F1?
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    Air Content in residential concrete

    Thanks all, helpful to get some other opinions. I think I'm going to leave it on there and see if I get pushback from anyone. Like TRAK said, i'm guessing that residential concrete subs are just going to keep using whatever mix they always do.
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    Masonry Chimney for Beam Support

    If it were me I would avoid framing into that chimney. I would do a flat beam at N-S walls plate height in front of the chimney and a king post down to it from the ridge. Or a bent steel beam. that way you might be able to avoid adding load to the existing foundation too
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    Air Content in residential concrete

    What do you all call out for air content in residential concrete? Specifically foundation walls and footings. I've been revamping my general notes and have seen other engineers specify no air, 5-6%, or not mention it at all. No air seems to be the most common. Based on the ACI I'm coming to the...
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    Concealed Flange Hangers

    For light loads (under 1k) it doesn't bother me too much. I've used it in this orientation a lot and haven't ever noticed splitting but I can't say I've been looking out for it. A simpson rep told me once that they use a factor of safety of 4 on their hangers and I usually scale down my hanger...
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    Shear wall design in small residential homes

    @davidl13 I live/work in a high wind area. My process for this is to do a quick lateral analysis of the building using the SDPWS (once you've done this a few times you can do it pretty fast). Most of the houses around here pre 2000's are primarily held up by drywall from a lateral perspective...
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    Structural glass design without FEM

    Thanks for all the great responses. This is all super helpful. I've got a lot of reading/research to do now. I'm also waiting for a call back from Risa and will let you know if I find out anything informative.
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    Structural glass design without FEM

    Thanks Koot! I appreciate the starting point. It's definitely a little overwhelming to try and figure out where to start with glass.
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    Post at edge of footing

    Assuming that you aren't having bearing or frost protection issues with that detail. One idea is you could do a steel embed plate and then weld a knife plate to it with thrubolts into into the post? Or you could drill epoxy anchors through the post and into the foundation wall.
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    Structural glass design without FEM

    I'm being asked if I can design a glass railing for a client. I'd like to learn glass design and I don't mind eating it on my fee to break into it, but this project doesn't warrant buying an expensive software like RFEM. My project would be a glass panel system with 2 circular glass clamps at...
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