Does anyone have any resources on construction in water. (lake or pond.) I am working on a project that the Civil wants to use auger cast piles. I've always used driven timber piles. This part of the project is a fishing pier in a state park.
Any suggestions on construction material...
Does anyone have any ball-park figures for the cost savings for changing wood studs from Southern Yellow Pine Grade #1 to Spruce Pine Fir #2 ? cost per unit? for a small one story job abt. 50'x100' with L.B. stud walls and press plated trusses. thanks in advance.
Does anyone have any direction or resources that would help me in a project I'm involved where nets are spanning between built up columns 100' tall spaced at 50'.
A mesh will span the sides as a wall to prevent golf balls but will take wind pressure.
Another line of columns/wall occurs 200'...
Does anyone know of any IBC code limitations regarding Battering of piles in Seismic Site class or Design Category "D." A pile Contractor told me that IBC prohibits the bettering of piles in certain seismic site classes or categaories.
Is this True? If yes, How would one resist lateral shear...
Local code official is asking me to submit any research showing the ability of T&G heavy timber decking to act as a roof diphragm.
SBC 2000 says not to use interlocking pieces as diaphragm. However, we are spiking each piece together. We have always used it in the past.
Has anyone ever used...
A tiff is attached to acad2002 DWG. We are printing to Adobe pdf 6.0 Pro. The tiff appears in the full print preview but does not show on the PDF itself. (the autocad entities print fine.)
Has anyone come across this? Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
What is the factor of safety on friction piles for tensile values (uplift?) Does the allowable uplift force as reported in Geotech report, include a safety factor?
When designing pile foundation for resisting up & down forces due to overturning moment from lateral forces, the code requires a safety factor of 1.5 against overturning (for stability.)
If the piles are being tested to 2.0X the design capacity, is applying the 1.5 F.O.S. to the down force side...
I have a plan displaying new and existing construction. I have set the existing layer to screen at 20% (lighter than the new construction layer.) THe plotted image screens well with the exception of sometimes the existing screened layer overwrites the new construction layer. This is causing...
Does anyone know the name of the CMU type that has a section of the block missing on one side to allow forming before pumping with grout? (unable to pump from the top.)
Thanks!
Does anyone know a FEMA link or any detailing info. on designing first floor masonry in Florida to resist wind loads but to collapse under hurricane flood load with minimal damage to superstructure?
