Okay, I thought you were the structural engineer.
So you must be the contractor.
You might want to consider the following suggestions.
1. Incorporate as many turns as possible while constructing the wall to give it lateral stability.
2. Talk with structural engineer to find out what...
Hello:
Good response from RDK. I'd like to add some of my thoughts.
There are a few engineers out there who will produce a drawing and then never inspect the work. I think this practice is criminal. So my question is this: "How will you excuse yourself from the office to drive across...
Historically, church walls were designed with huge windows and high, vaulted ceilings. This made buttresses necessary. The idea of the buttress is to carry the horizontal thrust from the vaulted roof, and to provide lateral support for the wall.
As walls got higher, the buttresses got bigger...
When you say the inspector won't accept it, neither should you!
Tell your client he's nuts. Rip off the roof and put the trusses in at 24-inch centers, or have new trusses built in place as ctruax suggests. Keep a written record of the incident and make sure the building inspector is kept...
Hi Greg:
Yup, I agree. Point 11 ensures that I will never have have dirt under my fingernails. It prevents me from building anything.
I believe I understand the concern of the insurance companies: they are worried that I will design something and then start chiseling essential elements out...
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I'm not sure what you mean by concrete filled columns. If you have concrete posts supporting your floor beam then I'd say it's an unusual structure. I'm guessing what you meant to say was "buried concrete piers, with a post of some kind on top of the pier". And the post...
Your question is good, and offered me an opportunity to review the exclusions in my policy.
Without using legalese, I am NOT covered for:
1. Issues involving the bankruptcy of my company
2. Failing to advise anybody of the need for insurance
3. My failure to provide service on schedule
4...
Wouldn't do it. Too many variables and unknowns. You have no guarantee the beam was installed crown up. (I remember once while walking the steel on a 14 story hi-rise, I discovered a beam that was installed upside down, and I am not talking about camber.) I am reminded of the old adage: When...
Thanks for the replies.
There seems to be a few different ideas regarding a minimum fee.
1. There is a real cost to opening a job file, covering your one-hour job with insurance, paying the phone bill and typing an invoice.
2. There can be some real benefits to "helping" someone...
Rules may vary from locale to locale. Check your appropriate codes.
Where I live, a 3/16" fillet is minimum when plate thickness is less than 1/2".
When plate thickness is btwn 1/2 and 3/4, 1/2" fillet is minimum. When plate thickness is over 3/4, 5/16 is minimum.
The...
Reminds me of a joke:
The plumber had just finished fixing the drain and presented the homeowner with his bill.
"What!" exclaimed the homeowner, "I'm a professional engineer and I don't even make that kind of money!"
"I know" said the plumber "I didn't make...
Don't know if you have posted on the corrosion engineering forum. If you haven't you may want to; there are probably some corrosion engineers there who do not check into the structural forum.
