A client wants to open up portions of an existing warehouse by removing some columns. The columns are spaced on a 30' x 40' grid with bar-joists spanning 40'. The only thing I've come up with is to place a new beam and columns below the existing beams as shown in the attached sketch.
Will the...
The owner of a 100+ year old building wants doors and windows added to perimeter multi-wythe brick wall. The brick wall is about 32" wide at the lowest level and loses a wythe at each floor above. In the past on multi-wythe walls of 12-16", I would cut in an angle on both side of the wall and...
