A client of mine has recently asked that our firm check into reducing the web thickness on a 1/2"x60" web to 7/16" in order to save weight and thus save costs. The change results is a savings of approximately 4800 lbs of steel per girdert line. The reduced thickness also results...
Some questions have arisen in my office lately about the use of tie beams in piers, advantages, when to use, should they be used in seismic prone areas? I have not had a large amount of experience with the deisgn of tie beam elements and would appreciate some guidance.
The question arose over...
