What is the difference between the eccentrically braced frame moment-resisting, and non-moment resisting per Table 1617.6.2 (2.A and 2.B)?
(Which is the frame with the inverted V-shape and which is the V-shape?)
Is there a code or specific rule for designing a drip edge on a concrete overhang? Like, how far back to place the drip line, or minimum over-hang distance to a vertical element? ...maybe even a rule-of-thumb?
I ran into an engineer's inspection report written for my company by the only engineering firm in the area that is willing to do reports for condo conversions.
Before I reach my point, I would like to interject the following: the report was written by a very young, inexperienced, green...
I am designing a retaining wall for a residential client and wanted to hear some opinions about the type and method I am using. The above-ground height ranges from 9' to 2.5'; the wall is too close (less than 8') to the property line, so installing geomesh would be impossible without digging up...
