G.C. wants to install a 3x nailer on the top of w10x steel beam at the field, the provisions were not to drill in the moment frame top flange or web, G.C. suggests to install a shop weld steel plate 1/4" x 3 1/2" x 8" @16" o.c. at the side of top flange and use lag screws for nailer attachment...
I'm working on four (three story and loft)wood bldg over garage concrete structural slab.
can you recommend or provide any softwares or spread sheets to calculate the resisiting and overturning moment on each floor?
Your help is appreciated.
I'm trying to find any material stresses information for brick walls for a house built in 1920.
The owner wants to change an existing flat roof to an open roof deck,plan checker asked for a complete design for the brick wall supporting this existing deck as the life load has been changed.
Also...
I am working on 10'x15'x20' high stud wall tower with flat roof (min. slope for rain).
At one of the 10' sides there is an opng. 5'wide by 5'at 12'above slab on grade.
What I can use for lateral bracing of 20' high stud wall (5' long) . I suggested using a cantilever steel column but the...
HOW can I transfer shear force from a wall at second floor to a non colinear wall at first floor? some walls at first floor are more than 4 feet off the shear walls above.
Also if I used simpson strong wall at first floor garage wall,what R value will be used for the other shear walls at the...
