What do you all call out for air content in residential concrete? Specifically foundation walls and footings. I've been revamping my general notes and have seen other engineers specify no air, 5-6%, or not mention it at all. No air seems to be the most common.
Based on the ACI I'm coming to the...
I'm being asked if I can design a glass railing for a client. I'd like to learn glass design and I don't mind eating it on my fee to break into it, but this project doesn't warrant buying an expensive software like RFEM. My project would be a glass panel system with 2 circular glass clamps at...
Just looking for a reality check/opinions on this. I'm designing a mono stair stringer for a client (pdf attached showing the layout and section). The stair has 2 short runs with landings and one longer run. The client would like to keep the monostringer as thin as possible. I'm suggesting an...
Can you bolt steel to existing concrete and use it as tension reinforcement? Or do you have to use something like FRP that is continuously adhered to the concrete? I don't do a ton of advanced concrete design but I'm wondering if there is code justification for something like the attached repair...
