The MBMA manual has some information on PEMB foundations in the appendices. Not particularly helpful, but it's there. They say something like "If the thrusts are small in magnitude, use hairpins, if they are large, use tie-rods".
I try to use hairpins if at all possible because you avoid...
I'm with civilperson on this one. We have had great luck with more or less letting the design of the pool dictate the depth. The builders we work with wire up the reinforcing, shotcrete the pool and walk away. We have never seen any issues with pools breaking up during winter even though the...
I'm working on a project where some beams were not coped properly for some connections and need to be modified. The contractor would obviously like to torch cut the steel in the field rather than send them back to the shop.
I have been trying to find out why it is normally not recommended to...
