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    What's up with retaining wall footings and details

    I've seen a bunch of premade block walls with their standard footing only being about 16" to 18" below grade. I've also seen some older books with standard retaining wall designs showing footings for concrete or masonry retaining walls also only about that depth. Is there any consideration for...
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    Shear strength of fastener in plywood

    Does anyone know of a good reference to calculate the shear strength of a single fastener in shear in plywood? I tried looking at NDS, but nothing really comes to mind. Trying to connect a light gauge strap to sheathing. The tables for the sheathing in NDS don't really apply because the way the...
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    Whats the deal with hip roofs

    I'm sure this topic comes up quite a lot. I have seen soooooo many hip roofs framed. We all know about the lateral thrust at the corners/lower support if there is nothing holding up the edge of the ridge or if the roof is framed with trusses. So why in the world are these roofs still standing...
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    Inspections, Special or otherwise

    As the design engineer, whose responsibility is it to get the construction inspected according to building code? I am coming across many many many contractors, all of which have been "doing this for 30 years" of course, that have no idea about special inspections. Clearly they are not having...
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    Common mistakes by architects

    Hi everyone! I'll start off this thread by clearly stating that I am NOT looking to disparage any profession nor am I looking to belittle anyone's vocation. So I'm coming across many many many architectural designs (mostly homes) where there is a clear structural mistake and/or there are...
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    Code reference for greenhouses

    Hi All, I remember long time ago I came across a reference that I believe implied that green houses have lower load requirements. Now we are talking about the US building code so it was probably described vaguely and without the word greenhouse. Probably something a long the lines of "light...

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