The erector wants to use a saftey harness that clips onto the top flange of the rafter. I need to figure out if the rafter will be able to hold the loads that the harness is perscribed to hold. Attached is a diagram showing the loads. There is a concentraded vertical load on the flange of the...
I understand that to have an Open Building per ASCE 7-05 that each wall must be at least 80% open. My question is if I have a 75' long building with 3 25' bays does the 80% count for the whole lenght of the building or each bays wall has to be open 80%.
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I have searched the forums and could not find a very straight forward answer. We had designed for a 7/8" A307 anchor bolt and our customer wants to use an 3/4" F1554 bolt. In searching for the answer I would think the answer is no, they would need to be the same size because they are just...
