Thank you for responding. I am researching dowel installation now. I hadn't even thought about the effects on the structure. This is going to be a "temporary" building--but it is going to be temporary for 5 years in southern Kentucky. So, it and the slab will definately undergo...
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I am a new engineer (graduated May 2002) so everything I am working on is new to me. My question is related to a slab that I am designing to hold a "pre-engineered" building, a set of rails, and to eventually be simply a concrete paved parking lot. My slab will sit around an...