Hello,
I am designing a warehouse floor slab and the owner has requested the allowable rack load per upright. He has provided all necessary parameters, including:
- 100 pci subgrade modulus,
- 7" desired floor thickness,
- 48" x 96" rack leg spacing
- 4" x 6" baseplate size,
- 700 psi...
I have a slab on grade design/specification for a church application that the CM is questioning from a cost savings point. The slab is 4 inches of concrete with 6x6W1.4x1.4 mesh over 6 inches of free draining granular material. The CM is requesting that the mesh be omitted and the stone...
I am working on a community/family life center and we are using a structural steel framing system with infill CMU shear walls. The roof system consists of long span steel joists on steel beams, which is being done for speed of erection. The problem lies in the transfer of the shear load from...
