I recently evaluated an existing GLB that is undersized. There are some limitations as far as reinforcement of the situation, but the easiest fix might be to add a post (it is a floor over a garage). In all likelihood since the original beam was clear span it is a V4 beam. As a two-span I would...
I've looked at point loads and walls at/near a free edge, but now I have a client who wants to build a small Ramada on an existing slab. The max load is small (<4000#'s)and I've checked punch and uplift/pull out, but with Ringo and Anderson's procedure I'm getting irregular results. The column...
I have a very small mezzanine that needs lateral (seismic) and the GC wants to use metal studs (actually started with wood framing). I used the drywall to "wood" stud capacities in SDPWC Table 4.3C and when we switched to metal studs I figured the capacity would be similar - boy did I get yelled...
