I grew up in FL but, although licensed there, have never practised in that state. I'm assisting a friend with the design of a custom home (CMU with fabricated wood trusses located near the coast) and am trying to decided which of the prescriptive manuals to purchase, if any. The FL Code allows...
A visual and UT inspection of a 27'-0" diameter, exposed, steel penstock at a hydropower station has revealed numerous pits due to corrosion, both iside and out. The original plate thickness was 1". Some of the corrosion pits, which reduce the plate thickness down to .25" in some...
