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    Forum Clutter - Students (and others) posting in this forum

    My biggest pet peeve is the contractors and homeowners asking for free engineering. Okay. That's not. My biggest is when members of the community actually give it to them. A friendly push in the right direction, sure. But just because they ask a specific question doesn't mean it's okay to...
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    Residential Slab Foundation

    In the location where this is cut, is it at first floor elevation, or is it at a slab depression? Perhaps a lower sublevel? I often have garages that are 7" to 16" below first floor, so knowing by looking at the detail where I am vertically can be helpful in reading the detail and...
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    The mother of all columns, NUCORS W14x1000

    You're right. I prefer "veritably."
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    Residential Slab Foundation

    Famous last word... For sure. But a good and complete set includes coordinated elevations. If an architect is rushing me, sure. I'll strip all dimensions and elevations off of my set if they won't give me a reasonable amount of time to coordinate and confirm we match. But if I have a good...
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    Residential Slab Foundation

    Yeah - what if it's 12" clear? If I need to specify that's it's a clear distance, I should specify that it's a center-to-center distance, too. There's more than one way to dimension something, and it's not a good idea to assume the person reading it is going to interpret it correctly...
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    The mother of all columns, NUCORS W14x1000

    Glorious. Which mill rolled that beast?
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    Dollar store roof collapse

    I used to do strip mall site surveys for new dollar stores. Didn't see what @dold saw, since they hadn't move in yet, but a lot of those places are pretty sketchy. That third street view photo...you can see the cladding pulling apart where the roof is sagging. Yikes. I'd hate to be called...
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    top plate on steel beam

    Always. Something to effect of "Removing load bearing elements, adding loads, or otherwise altering the structure may result in cracking finishing, door and window alignment issues, and other serviceability problems. Owner is advised to provide an appropriate contingency for repair." I...
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    top plate on steel beam

    Downside to double top plate is the increased potential for shrinkage. You may be putting wood that's 18% or 19% into a house where the rest of the wood is already down to 8%. The more plates you have dropping that 10%, the more you invite cracks in finishes.
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    Load carrying capacity of 15x50 s beams?

    You hit that one out of the park, Ron.
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    Load carrying capacity of 15x50 s beams?

    I figured. That was more of a play on your not wanting to be a sky is falling neighbor. Good luck. An unfortunate situation for sure. I'd recommend setting up a maintenance/inspection schedule moving forward. Perhaps an account that everyone pays into each month/year/whatever so minor...
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    What is the ten worst advise AI has given to an engineering question

    @LOTE how did you go about setting that up? Any good links to get me started? My attempts to get it to draft letters/reports for me haven't been great. I might try to train one on my catalog of past reports and see how that works out.
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    Load carrying capacity of 15x50 s beams?

    Sure. But based on your limited description, the sky may be about to fall on anyone under that bridge. How long is this private road? Is it feasible to park cars on the road side of the bridge so you're not loading it? Keep in mind that all buildings/bridges that have fallen down have one...
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    Load carrying capacity of 15x50 s beams?

    Based on your description of the condition, it sounds like it's on borrowed time already. The rusted web and bent flange suggests that one of your primary girders has already failed at the bearing, and is probably being held by an unreliable mechanism. In other words, determining exactly what...
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    Reverse Engineering Fabric Building

    a socially minded desire to obey the laws and regulations where they live? a selfish desire to avoid the penalties (often monetary fines) that go along with violating those laws and regulations? a little of both?
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