I like to get an opinion on shallow foundation on top of hill or adjacent to slope (on high side). This is an addition of three story sunroom to existing house where foundation will be at high side of slope. Per IBC Figure 1808.7.1 if the distance between edge of slope and face of footing is...
I came across a situation where contractor ran out of grout under steel base plate and 1" of portion remained empty without grout under base plate. Does anyone suggest a good retrofit solution?
I am thinking about installing shims and welding together. its about 20" x 20" x 1 1/4" base plate...
I would like to get some opinions on existing residential single family dwelling unit.
It has 8" CMU walls in basement and embedded 2X joists and 4" CMU + 4" brick above at first floor. Now owner wants to put additional story (second story) on it. In this case what is the best solution?
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I was reading a thread http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=296655 and wanted to get more input on same question.
The metal deck will run perpendicular to the bar joists (in my case). Its wide rib roof metal deck so it has 6" o.c. for ribs that will be in direct contact with framing below...
Like to discuss an option for an addition/renovation where we are adding a full height brick at existing masonry foundation wall. I am proposing to add an additional course of 6" masonry from footing to little blow grade and have brick rest on this new stem. Of course footing will need to be...
I would like to discuss possible options to design basement foundation walls in the middle of basement that is unbraced from top. This situation will arise when there is a open to above space in the basement at corners or in the middle of basement. There will be two approaches I would consider...
I am planning to use bar joists as roof framing members at open structure such as gas station canopy. Will there be any special connection requirements? Is it better to go with just steel beam framing?
I am trying to design a footing that is eccentrically loaded and I am using tension pile to resist uplift. In this case whether to consider soil bearing pressure uniform under footing just like when designing Strap beam?
