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    High Slump for SOG

    Thanks for the advice everyone, I appreciate your help. Since it's not a life safety issue, I agree that it's probably not worth it to have them tear it up and repour; that'd be overkill. I'll respond with something to the effect of it's structurally acceptable (on account of it making...
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    High Slump for SOG

    Hello all, I've got a project with a specified slump of 3"-5" for the SOG, but the field measured slump was over 6". I think this is a case where it was easier for them to ask for forgiveness than permission because I wasn't made aware of this until after they poured the slab. At any rate...
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    ETABS Shear Wall Modeling

    Hello all, I'm trying to model a precast shear wall with four large openings. A few screen shots are posted in the attached link. This is a 24' wide wall; the exterior column portions are 2' wide and the center column portion is 4' wide. There are three beam sections of varying depths above and...
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    Silo Clearance

    I'm working on a project that consists of (4) 75' Dia. x 110' silos for the storage of wood pellets. These will be at a marina facility, and the pellets will eventually be offloaded onto barges. My question is, is there a code that governs the spacing between silos? I've poured over the NFPA...

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