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    Vertical & Horizontal Irregularities, Type 4 (ASCE 07-16, 12.3.3)

    For light framed wood shear wall structures, is uplift required to be design with overstrength also? or only the compression? In figure c12.3-5, there is a note stating that anchorage is designed for standard load combinations. How do you typically approach this? Are there any other...
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    Notching Cantilevered Beams

    Because there is no room to sister with 4 7x11.875 beams stitched together to take the load at the end. Too much deflection at the end to put a large joist in there. So, either notch, or just fur up shorter joists, or use full size and put a horizontal cut at the deck notch to prevent some...
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    Notching Cantilevered Beams

    Were not ripping treated members. It's 3-layers of waterproof deck.
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    Notching Cantilevered Beams

    Yes...I would agree. Wasn't an option in this case. Needed 4 7x10.33x 18' long PSL's stitched together to take a point load. Client wants Trex on deck over living, so that's why the 11.875 depths are notched down to 7.75" and then sloped to 5.75". I didn't want to do this, but what we did...
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    Notching Cantilevered Beams

    Unsure of what you mean, nullifying visual grading. Can you clarify? It's a PSL with 3 layers of waterproofing at deck side.
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    Notching Cantilevered Beams

    That's why I think NDS has the 1/6 Notch limitation.
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    Notching Cantilevered Beams

    Are you saying this is what you do all the time? Over 4" of notch?
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    Notching Cantilevered Beams

    NDS says that notching for a beam at the bearing point can be 1/4 depth per Figure 4A, NDS 2018. Does this same figure apply when cantilevering a beam, for example a house to deck, where the notch would occur on the top face where the deck steps down. When cantilevering from house to deck the...
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    Is an SE license required for doing Structural Engineering in Tennessee

    Can you please site that? I just got my license there a year ago and had no such fee. I got my license thru reciprocity from CA. Hoping to do work there soon.
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    Is an SE license required for doing Structural Engineering in Tennessee

    Not positive...but if its not a school or emergency facility, I imagine Civil is all you need.
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    Is an SE license required for doing Structural Engineering in Tennessee

    No. Just a Civil for residential. What kind of work are you looking to do?
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    Keep getting e-mail notifications despite disabling them all in preferences

    why would there be an option when watching a forum to send notifications for threads or messages....private messages then are not forum specific?
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    Keep getting e-mail notifications despite disabling them all in preferences

    Thank you. however, I suppose that is my point. There is a receive news and update emails (not sure what that really means). The second one is when you haven't visited for a while. That does not indicate a daily update summary email. Last, it appears that a watched forum will send a new...
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    Keep getting e-mail notifications despite disabling them all in preferences

    Sorry, I don't understand how your answer applies to my question. Can you relook at this more closely, please?
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    Keep getting e-mail notifications despite disabling them all in preferences

    Is it possible to only get summary emails daily, instead of every email from a watched forum?

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