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Oh, they have definitely added staff. Some of them are probably very good. The issue is really that they've lost a lot of institutional...

We never use expanded grating for a walking/load-bearing surface. Usually use bar grating.

JoshPlumSE - appreciate your input here. I'm sure you have access to facts we don't but sometimes after leaving a company, and learning...

Thanks pham. It wasn't included in my older 7-10 version and I don't have access today to the more current versions.

Does your software include the effects of the concrete basement wall on top of these footings? The walls would be very stiff and not...

There's a "partition live load" that deals with the vertical dead weight of interior partitions. That was based on the ASCE 7 committee...

Note that the 5 psf wind that Lomarandil and milkshakelake suggest is a service level force (i.e. there's no load factors on them). ASCE...

What I have done in the past is providing blocking but on the vertical, so that the air gap remains between the blocking and the stud of...

Depends on the stiffness of the thing bearing on the supports. Also the stiffness of the supports. It's easy to get full uniform...

I've used 3,000 psi in the past for moderately sized buildings (think one story HEB grocery stores) and 4,000 psi for larger buildings...

SteelPE - you may already know this but here is an FAQ I wrote a while back - based on an earlier ACI 318 but I would think it's still...

I don't think they are assuming a slab-column moment frame in the two bays in the x direction. I think they are relying on...

I would certainly think so - as you stated the load path goes through the main beam connections into the column in a horizontal...

Yes. This is the bottom line of this whole discussion. Over the years I’ve worked as an engineer (+40) I’ve always been very...

I’m just trying to respond to your questions with facts as I see them. Not having fun.