Yes, the other direction concerns me the most. Can I rely column-flat slab system to take lateral load in that direction if the core foundation rotate?
The builder is inexperience in anchor and wants it to be easy and cheap for them, that's why I have to reduce the core foundation size to make...
Sorry for misleading. I was trying to say I was gonna design the pad footing to be pinned so the footing will be subject to axial force only without any moment (with the beam-column connection to be rigid it still gives you lateral resistance). In short, can I let the foundation for core wall to...
I have a two storey building consisting a concrete slab at first floor and a steel roof.
There are 2 core walls in the middle and 12 band beam running in Y direction with 8m spacing supporting 260mm concrete slab. Each band beam is 5 x 8m span = 40m long. So the dimension of the building is...