Yes, I havent been provided with the ballast system that is planned but the rough numbers indicated there would be similar issues. While I dont want to tell the client that it isnt feasible without having calculations to back it up I am hesitant to expect that it will work out and hence am...
Combining the increased snow load from the design code with the new one, and the increased weight from the solar panels, the factored load on the roof increased from 8.1 kPa to 10.2 kPa. This is taking into consideration the reduced factors that the Canadian code allows for buildings that have...
The intention is for the solar panels to be tilted and installed with a ballasted rail system. Also with the NBCC the snow load is specified to be increased due to drifts around the panels.
That makes a lot of sense, we had a demonstration from Hilti and it seems like their scanner can do a decent job of getting bar size and depth but that its not perfect so cores would help fill in that info.
I have had several clients who want to install solar panels on flat concrete slab roofs. Typically they do not have original structural drawings to help determine the slab capacity and the buildings were built in the 80s so there are no other resources to determine what was originally...
