Hello All,
Recently I encountered this issue. Is pre-cast beams with 2.5" thick overlay suitable for a flat accessible roof top? Will water-proofing work on this? Building is 100' long and 50' wide. Ther will be insulation and water proofing.
Many thanks,
KC
Folks,
I am currently constructing my own house. I am thinking of having a cement rendered floor with Titanium finish. The common problem of this is hairline cracks. How can we control these cracks? Even after 5 days water ponding, cracks might appear, contractor says. What are the precautionary...
Falks,
Recently I visited a very long building in which structural engineer has allowed some isolation joints. Said joints had been perished due to unknown reason. I am looking for a suitable joint details for this. If someone could help me with this, it would be really appreciated.
Clefcon
Can somebody give me few names of good suppliers for the above? I'm working in Sri Lanka and we only have one supplier operating from India.
Thanks,
Clefcon
Dear All,
Can somebody tell me where I can get following code in hard or soft format?
TIA/EIA222G
I am working in Sri Lanka so that I'm not that familier with US codes.
Thanks in advance.
Clefcon
Hello all,
Usually, our slab thicknesses are 125mm to 225mm depending on the size of panels and in most domestic construction we use 150mm tk (6") slabs for toilet areas. Most of plumbing consultants are producing drawings showing 63mm outer diameter pipes (with some small ones) to go through RC...
I am in the process of designing some water retaining structures including a swimming pool. Does anybody know where I can get some design and construction information with some design examples, preferably in BS standards? Web link, recommended text book etc. would help.
Any useful information...
What is the best location to have a splice connection in a UB (universal beam) flexural member in a moment frame? This is a floor beam and about 10.0m long.
What is the best location for splices in UB columns?
Any comments are appreciable.
Clefcon
Hello All,
I am designing a multi-storeyed steel building for a church to be functions as a school. I want some steel connections to act as moment connections. Bolt size is M36 with clearance hole diameter of 40mm. Plate thickness is 35mm.
1. Since there is a gap between bolts and steel plate...
Dear Friends,
I am designing a Go Karting facility including the track. Anybody has this experience? Where can I find some information / specifications? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Clefcon
Folks,
This always puzzles me. What is the best way to place your stop boards for the construction joint in slabs / rafts etc.?
* at the lowerst shear line, or
* at the lowerst bending moment line
Appreciate your comments.
Regards,
Clefcon
I have to solve above specific problem at earliest. Client is going to build a highrise building 5m away from his 7-storeyed existing building. His prime requirement is to keep the vibration level at 0.1g as he's having some delicate communication equipment inside the existing building.
Piling...
I got to design a foundation system for a Freezer warehouse where the temperature will be maintained at
-50C. Can you please provide me with some design guidelines? I am a structural engineer working in Sri Lanka.
Clefcon
Dear all,
I am a structural engineer practicing in Sri Lanka. I got to design some police barracks for areas recently liberated from terrorists. All of them are single storeyed structures and client specifically says that the roof should be flat concrete slab, in case of future attacks. I also...
I am in the process of designing a police station. There is an armory in the design. I know we'll have to use concrete walls right round this. Can you tell me any other factors that I have to consider in designing this? Useful link is appreciated.
Clefcon
I'm doing some design checks of a building. Designer has placed a brick wall on the un-supported edge of a one way slab. Slab thickness is 115mm while the span is approximately 2800mm. Reinforcement is BRC mesh. From the past experience I know that this results an unnecessary deflection on edge...
I am a structural engineer working in Sri Lanka. Currently, I'm working on a refurbishment project and need to write some specifications. This building is a steel building which is about 50 years old.
This is a soap manufacturing plant and the environment is highly corrosive. Some steel...
Dear All,
I have to do some design checks, stability check etc. of a concrete wall structure. There are two types.
1) 4-storeyed building. Walls are 2.8m apart and parallel. 100mm thick grade 25 concrete with 1 layer BRC8 r/f mesh in the middle.
2) 14-storeyed building. Wall are 3.0m...
Hello,
Can somebody help me in finding a link on "Design and Construction of Ground Reservoirs (Concrete)"? E-books, research papers, guidelines etc. are also useful.
Regards,
Clefcon
Dear All,
I am a structural engineer working in Sri Lanka. I thought of doing a research on Bridges (that is suitable for rural areas) for my M. Eng. degree. At the moment our country is facing some difficulty in constructing bridges for the rural areas due to lack of funds. My primary aim is to...
