Any advice/experience on applying snow loads to a multi-level process structure with floor plate? It's obvious the top level would see a full snow load, but I can't find any info on applying snow to the lower levels that would be blocked a certain amount. I'm thinking applying it to the first 5'...
I'm working on a project evaluating an existing steel structure to determine if it is capable of handling increased loading due to the heavier equipment being installed on the operating deck.
The structure was originally built in 1948 and I assume they used A7 steel, we are going to ask for a...
Working on a project where the client is wanting to place a tank inside an existing containment area with ~42" walls. The slab in the containment area slopes towards a sump, so the wall is 3'5" on the short side and 4'2 on the tall side. We may need to raise the wall height a few inches to...
I plan on taking the PE in October and have been studying for the past month or so on my own and will continue to do so, but my company offers to pay for a review course, so I'd be stupid not to take them up on it.
Do y'all have any suggestions on which course to take? Have you taken one? If...
I'm working on a structural assessment of an existing process structure. There is a WT vertical brace that frames into the web of a column and the stem of the WT is coped near the connection, so as not to run into the flange of the column.
My question, at what point down the length of the...
I am trying to determine if a toe plate is required at the base of a fixed ladder that is built into the hand rail at the edge of a platform. I have looked through OSHA 1910.23 which covers "Guarding floor and wall openings and holes" and 1910.23(a)(2) states
Every ladderway floor opening or...
I am designing a cribbing layout for an existing roof where repairs are needed and I am worried about crushing the existing deck.
Due to the loads, I have 6x6 timbers at 2'-0" OC with 3/4" plywood on top of 1.5B, 22Ga Deck. How do I check the "crushing" capacity of the roof deck?
Thanks
