I am interested in finding out information on correlation between coordination of construction documents and change orders during construction. Does anyone know of any resources?
Thanks.
Anyone have any recommendations on a design guide or text book dealing with the design of high rise buildings? I am not necessarily looking for a material-specific book, but will gladly check those out, too.
Thanks.
We get calls from fire protection companies asking us to send them our CAD files. We have had some discussions on whether we should bill them for this service, typically a nominal fee of $200 or so, depending on how many files, etc. Invariably, we get resistance from them when they hear we want...
My partner and I are in a bit of disagreement about a logo for our company. We don't currently have a "graphic image," just a font with our name. I am of the opinion that because most of our clients are graphics-oriented (architects), a good logo will be an eye-catcher; not the reason they...
I gather from Table 1617 that the limiting height for light frame wood construction is 65'. The prescriptive portion of Chapter 23 limits wood to 3 stories, which is traditionally what we have seen in this area.
I was hoping to get feedback on the group's experience in using wood in...
I get a call today from a contractor on a job we are doing. They began pouring the footing for an 18' retaining wall earlier in the day (90F and sunny). The ready-mix trucks stop coming at about 2pm after getting only 10" down of the 20" thick footing. They finally get a hold of me at home...
Greetings.
We are structural engineers and have spent years of writing spreadsheets to do many of our routine calculations. We think we are interested in programming in Visual Basic, but don't know where to get started, if at all.
Questions:
1. What are some pros and cons for VB, especially...
I have an Excel (2000), conditional formatting question:
I have a cell equal to "8." I also have a list of values in tabular format similar to this:
7 Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4
8 Item 5 Item 6 Item 7 Item 8
9 Item 9 Item 10 Item 11 Item 12
I want to...
Does anyone have a recommendation on a "fall-away" connection at a CMU firewall (extending above the roof) and plywood roof sheathing?
My local building official said he thought that the "masonary" people would might have a proprietary connection available. Anyone heard of anything similar...
Do you allow copies of your Construction Drawings to be submitted as shop drawings, from a steel fabricator, for example? Why or why not?
Thanks in advance.
Matt
Good afternoon from the sunny south. I just pulled a tag off of an existing Macomber joist and need some help. There was a previous thread on Macomber Joists and it seems a number of contributors managed to get a copy of an old catalog, as would we.
The tag on the joist in question was...
I have a one story building abutting a two story building. The upwind distance on the two story building is 250'. My surcharge on the low roof from the leeward drift is quite high (about 78 psf). However, my parapet height is 7' above the high roof elevation and I feel like there is some...
My situation:
1. Tube lintel spanning 42.5 ft.
2. Carrying about 15' EIFS & 8" metal studs.
3. Window head height is about 11'
4. CC wind load of about 15 psf.
5. EIFS deflection criteria is L/240, which for this span is a little over 2".
6. I want to use 8" wide tube to hide it...
Here's one. We are just starting work on a retail development that has the columns in the back wall of the building extending into the future retention pond for the site (see caveman sketch below). Right now the future pond is dry and we don't have a soils report yet. We plan to thoroughly...
Greetings all. Could any of you recommend a book, article, website, etc., on the subject of structural diaphragms? I have the SDI Diaphragm manual, but would like to see the "commentary" to that, so to speak. Differential equations not welcome-something practical please.
Thanks in...
What is the general consensus on profit margins? I heard a client of mine (architect) say that he was hoping to make 6% on a job; we are coing in about 20-30% each over the first six months (we started up Jan '03). Now, he may be blowing sunshine to get my fee down, but I was hoping for some...
