We were called in to help a customer that was in trouble with the State Fire Marshal. They have a Physical Therapy business and lease the space they are in. They are also affiliated with a local hospital. We have built all required fire walls and are complete with our portion of the work. The...
I have a building that is 117' long with a 8" CMU wall that extends 12' AFF to a bond beam and a pre-engineered building above that. I am locating joints in the CMU wall and wondered if the joint should extend down to the footer? The foundation wall is also CMU and is just down to frost depth...
I do not have a copy of the latest NEC code. Does it now require that all electrical main services be placed in a room all their own or does it depend on the voltage/amperage rating on the service? An electrician told me he thought it does. I am looking to do a new 400 amp 120/208v 3 phase...
When we were testing the total amp draw on a 3 phase service panel the electrician told me that the highest reading of the 3 legs was the total draw on the panel. Is this correct? We had a 200a 208v 3 phase panel and the highest draw was 81 amps with the other two being around 72 and 75 as best...
I have a general question. I have a building that has a 6'-0" high above finish floor 8" thick concrete wall around the entire perimeter. The wall varies from 3'-0" to 6'-0" below finish floor for frost protection and height at the loading dock. So the wall varies to between 9'-0" to 12'-0" in...
