Recent content by Stillerz

Can you post a sketch of this? If I understand this correctly, then I am with Paddington....not your typical SC connection.

What does sitting for the PE have to do with anything here? Small drywall cracks are perfectly normal in new construction as the building materials dry out or acclimate to the humidity in the house. Usually a one-time fix. The tile cracking could just as well be a shoddy job. In the 12...

Some notes on shear lag ...might helphttp://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=c5a50e29-5f51-4ede-af43-970928fe37b1&file=Shear_Lag_.pdf

Nor did I. Just offering another view...dissenting, apparently.

School? I have been out of school for years and years. The knowledge one can gain with his hands can equal that of his mind. Don't kid yourself.

...let the ribbing begin. I can already think of a few specific guys on here that are going to rip my ass for that last post.

I do have to interject something here. There is a lot of talk on this forum about "you need an engineer not a builder...". I can understand where it comes from as this is an Engineering Tips website. However, you cannot discount the advice of a good builder in a situation like this. Keep in...

H3.3 has me a little confused as well.

Pretty sure that any combined stress situations as you described can be check using Chap H in AISC 13.

It looks like thishttp://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=ae589a8b-ac2f-4a1b-be3c-93a7edc33fa2&file=HSS_Stub_conn.pdf

essentially a splice

Jike- Yes, this is indeed my intent.

Does anyone know of a reference for designing a moment connection of two HSS beams using end plates? Basically a flange connection as you'd see in pipe spools but using square HSS.

A 25' tall masonary shear wall that is only 10' long? I am not all that versed in masonry design, but that seems a little extreme.

If it turns out that the 6x6's are the problem you could temporarily support the floor joists and remove the 6x6's. Them on your block piers, remove the top course of block and repalce it with a 4" termite block and then install double 2x10 or 2x12 girders.