Looking for information when the old green covered CRSI concrete design manuals might have been published.
I see several different publication dates for sale at used booksellers, but I recall the cover color but not era of the book that I am interested in.
Looking at an old set of plans dated 1951 and there are two longspan joist designations that I don't see in my limited vintage literature.
First: (26" Longspan Joists #2610) x 51' clear
Second: (26" Longspan Joists #2614) x 51' clear
Anyone have any information on these?
Anyone have information on what I recall being called Dox Plank?
There is a renovation project and I would like to extablish guidelines for what the mechanical trades can not do.
We have a 12" thick brick wall (3 wythes of 4" brick) that we would like to attach a beam support bracket to, presumably with epoxy anchors, but we don't find definitive information about load capacities or even compatibility for anchors.
Hilti has HY anchors, but the HY 20 are noted for walls...
What would be an appropriate allowable bearing pressure for brick masonry? Not finding anything in the ACI 530, but I don't think it's really applicable as this not a recent building.
Looking at a bearing plate on a 12" thick wall of 3 wythes of 4' brick.
With the current state of affairs/pricing with plywood, I would appreciate any personal experiences using OSB as a substitute for commercial projects.
The only side effect that I have read about is that OSB has a sudden failure mode at the limit. I thought that might be less of a concern with a...
I need to present method and materials to repair on the vertical surface of a chipped corner at the top of an exterior concrete foundation wall.
Previously, the exterior brick veneer had a 1" overhang outside of the face of the foundation wall, but due to mechanical damage, the foundation...
A Contractor working on my project has requested a letter, based on the concrete test results, stating that it is "Safe" to erect the structural steel on the foundation he has built. He claims that based on OSHA regs, a Structural Engineer must give the go ahead.
No one has asked such a thing...
After reading many of the posts, I have yet to see a solution to a firewall problem that we are trying to solve.
We are building adjecent to the exterior wall of an existing building. We need a seismic/expansion joint the a 2 story masonry firewall, then our new steel framed 2 story building...
Looking for suggestions on a stand alone composite steel beam design software.
I have RAM Beam but it doesn't print properly under XP and is not current with AISC values for stud capacities.
Need other sources.
