What do you guys think for the classification of the boiler building. I give it a II at the worst case. It is a tricky one. Let me know what you think. Thank you.
Hello all. Is it okay to field weld anchor bolts protruding through holes?
So I have a situation that required installing anchor bolts first, then field weld an unequal leg angle to the anchor bolts. Say I am using an unequal leg L4x8x1/2, with the long leg being vertical. I am installing 4...
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I am trying to design a conneciton with 2" A354 Grade BC bolts. The reason being to allow for movement between two structures. I need to use a 2" bolt so I could use a longer slot to allow for movement. I have a 1 1/2" deflection in either direction so the slots have to be long enough...
For a 3" thick asphalt wear course, over an 8" thick base, over an 8" thick sub-base; what is the ESAL loading for this flexible pavement? One geotech engineer say roughly 1,000,000 ESAL. I think that is too high. I have used a design software and came up with 122000 ESAL. Does this sound about...
Hi all. I am specifying a 18" reinforced concrete pipe culvert under a road with HS 20 loading. The pipe is barely under the base and there is no sub-base. In other words, the pipe is right below the base, with minimum thickness above the top of pipe. Is there a requirement for a minimum "cover"...
