I've recently received a plan set for a new 3-story home that will have a 24' tall reinforced concrete retaining wall. The wall is located between the rear of the garage (at top level) and the house which is cut into the hillside (about 24' down from garage slab). The retained portion will be...
Has anyone had a deck cover denied due to the restrictions of CBC or IBC Appendix I? It states that a patio cover may be built with lighter live load (10 psi) and with some other light duty building requirements. Because of the way it's written, it seems that the intention is to allow people...
A client needs structural analysis for an existing light gauge steel Ag building. The frame is mostly 16 and or 14 ga HSS. The roof and wall sheathing is 26 ga PBR roof panels.
1 - Where can the light gauge HSS design values be found?
2 - If available, where can the shear wall design values...
If a retaining wall is backfilled prior to restraining the top, would the soil pressure be active? Specifically, I want to tie the top of the retaining wall to the slab. I assume the wall will tilt prior to restraint. So it seems it will be active. The cantilevered condition is the worst case...
I designed some precast concrete wall systems for a client who plans to re-use the design for future projects. The walls and footings will need to be checked and possibly re-designed for various conditions. Each structural package should be fairly easy to put together. I want to propose a...
