Is it necessary to provide additional steel perpendicular to the primary steel in a shallow footing? What section of the code pertains to this?
If the anchor bolt embeddment is sufficient for the tension load based on the failure modes per App D of the ACI 318-05, is additional steel required?
I am designing the foundation for a vertical storage tank. It's a sizeable tank. I am being asked to design a foundation where the tank is supported directly on the pile cap? I am not sure I understand the function of the pedestal separate from the footing/pile cap. All designs I have done...
Can anyone provide some guidance regarding pile caps for helical piles. It will be a single helical pile for a T-pole pipe support. The moment is relatively small. The cap and pile will see tension and compression. I beleive I need to consider the same failure modes as that for an anchor...
Does anyone know the assumed liability if I am listed as a registered PE for a company according to the TBPE? I am not sealing drawings or performing engineering really.
I figured if I was listed according to the TBPE that i would been seen as liable until proven (likely expensively)...
I posted a thread a few minutes ago but for some reason it is not showing up in the list of threads. Hopefully the conversation can still continue.
I figured if I was listed according to the TBPE that i would been seen as liable until proven (likely expensively) otherwise. My company has E&O...
