I am desiging the roof of a solvent storage room. Because I need to design for a 100psf force in the event of an explosion, there is a net uplift on the roof. I am not concerned about the deck-to-beam connection, I'll just design the welds for the uplift force. My concern is the bond between...
On one of my buildings the subcontractor increased the size of the louver openings in the basement walls. As a result I can not longer rely on the reinforcement in the concrete to carry the beam.
I was hoping to install a channel on the inside face of the wall to span the opening and carry...
I am designing roof rafters for a single family residence. If I apply an unbalanced snow load, the rafters in the IBC Residential Code tables do not work. (My model includes a ceiling joist). I can only get the rafters in the table to work with balanced snow loads.
Does anybody know of a...