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What if a large sheet of plastic happens to blow onto the rings and create a sail? Or what if someone decides to hang a banner on it...

Is it meant to have some minimum air content for freeze protection? What was specified?

We typically never use a vapor barrier for outdoor concrete. Other than the slip issue, there are no other benefits that I can see and...

Sorry - one more: https://www.southwire.com/medias/sys_master/related-pdfs/related-pdfs/hf2/h66/8874318168094/AppJ.pdf

Or this: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/infrastructure/bridge/05083/appendg.cfm

Not sure if this helps: https://resources.wolframcloud.com/FormulaRepository/resources/Inclined-Span-Catenary-Sag

We've used EPS foam blocks to deal with this in the past. Always worked out great - used about 3 ft. of soil/gravel on top with a thick...

Yes that's why I shuddered at that little 4" column.

Well you should probably research this on your own and also get a mentor to help you if possible. You might get some help here but not...

I think the plate certainly anchors the rebar at its end. But your contention that a hook would also work isn't entirely correct as a...

I don’t know how significant this is, but don’t forget that the beam bends, resulting in rotation at the free end. The rotation and the...

Sounds like the issue would be just for the top bars if I'm understating this correctly. Could you embed a steel angle along the top...

First - that's a massive looking truss tying into a skinny little column. My old mentors always taught me "if it doesn't look right it...

Well I would question that. The first of the two examples you posted uses the term "allowable" which is never used with factored loads.

The older one appears to be ASD while the newer is LRFD. Old: Service level loads with allowable stresses. New: Factored loads with...