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    Vehicle barrier load

    Hey there! I did a barrier wall design for a parking garage in Florida. Basically the barrier wall is cantilevered off the spandrel beam or slab. In my case, I did not have spandrel beams so the moment from the cantilever barrier wall has to be carried by the edge slab. It was a...
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    Allowable defects on beams

    AISC has specs on tolerences. More importantly, a deep scratch in high tension zone will lead to a stress crack under load. I recommend grainding out and patching the deep scratch.

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