I have a homeowner who is pretty worked up about sawcuts not installed in his slab-on grade for garage/driveway. He wants his homebuilder to re-do both slabs, which in my opinion is quite over teh top. is tehre any suggestions of how to possibly approach a recommendation?
really the only risk...
Hi All,
just basic question. I tried searching but was unable to find a previous thread of the same. If someone knows one, please direct me to it, as we dont need a second thread of the same.
I guess my question is, What design code is used for structural elements on a minesite? I currently...
I have a underground parkade to design, with 2 storeys below grade. At this point I am getting a headache trying to determine my clear cover for all reinforcing within the structural slab.
It appears that according to Table 17 (CSA A23.3#-14) tells me I MUST have minimum 60mm concrete cover...
I have a concrete stair/landing detail that I can not figure out.
see the attached, my landing spans side to side. I have seen this detail used a few times, but I am not a huge fan of it due to the cold joint locations, meaning the dowels are in direct shear in those locations, and those...
Hey everyone,
I am being asked to design a pile for the lightpost at a football stadium, and I have done extremely minimal pile design. It will be a cast-in-place friction pile. I dont really know where to begin with the lateral loads. I know how to do the reinforcing part of it, however I...
