In a large CMU Shearwall Building (100,000 sq ft, 350’x285’), in Seismic Design Category D, if at the center of the building, in one direction, a line of special steel moment frames is added, such that the moment frames will be taking one-half of the building seismic shear (flexible roof...
I am currently engineering upgrades for a building (1960 vintage) which used Granco Cofar concrete slabs on metal deck throughout. The designations look like 5-1/4C24. My first question for anyone is are there still load tables available for this deck? The company went out of business in the...
Not to sure if anyone out there has used FEMA 356 yet, but i have a question that someone might have some background information on:
FEMA 356 differentiates in it's Unreinforced Masonry (URM) section between running bond and non-running bond walls, and also between fully grouted and partially...
