My client -- a county in California -- has asked me to design an erosion protection wall for a relatively steep irregular slope (1:1 and steeper) up to about 30 feet tall. The wall is in an environmentally sensitive recreation area, and will require a shotcrete facing, sculpted and stained to...
I am designing an unusually-shaped shade structure comprising a cable-stayed, lattice-type canopy (picture regularly spaced joists joined by continuous transverse elements on top) inclined about 10 degrees from horizontal. It's similar to a mono-pitched roof structure, but it's suspended from a...
