I am asked to design and detail a flat 3/8" diamond plate with reinforcing to withstand pedestrian loads as a trench cover plate. this plate will sit in a CIP angle frame.
I have not used pedestrian loads before - is it 100psf? Is there a common way these are designed? Would the reinforcement...
I am designing an addition to an existing house. They are only keepint the garage slab, and i am doing everything else new. Directly behind the garage, i have designed a retaining wall for a 6' basement/crawlspace. The more i look at it, the more i thing i need to account for loads from the 'on...