I'm doing a charity project in the city of houston will be doing some minor structural engineering to save these 1930's era homes. Buildings are in really bad shape. I mostly do renovations and repair design for commercial and industrial buildings but I came upon something I had not seen. The...
I have an odd project. Client has an existing parking garage and they are converting the top level of the garage to an open air "Assembly Space". We've designed strengthening for the deck, and a myriad of other modifications. However the city official has indicated that this is a "theatre" with...
I have an odd question.
The framing consisted of basically new 4 HSS beams, attaching to the existing structure, and connecting to a new HSS column which is supported by a new small foundation. The gravity loads are like 3-4 kips tops on the column. In between the HSS beams, I have cold formed...
Got a new job earlier in the week. They got me modeling an existing elevated slab in SAFE. My experience with the software is pretty limited/negligible. (feeling pretty embarrassed as I still dont know how to input the existing reinforcement details.
Anyway, was wondering if anyone had some...
I did a parking garage inspection a few weeks ago where in the driving surface in supported with Hollow-core Panels/planks. The garage is 3 storys and incurred a good bit of damage from Hurricane Harvey flood waters.
Nonethless, there were several Hollow-core panels with large longitudinal...
I just received a rebar submittal for a project I'm working on. I didnt perform the original design but I have been helping review the submittals. The Original Design called for a 12'' dia drilled Pier with 3#5 Vertical Bars and #3 ties @ 10'' O.C. (with extra at the top). The Rebar Submittal...
Heres what I'm trying to do,
I'm looking to be able to do my calculations with variables etc like I typically do. And prior to printing/publishing I want to be able to change the variables into their numerical value. Below is an example.
A:=1 kip
B:=A+2kip
B=3 kip
I want it to display as...
