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  1. helliot

    tamper near residential foundation wall

    Hello all, Background info: Retaining wall to be installed near a recently installed residential foundation. Being installed after the fact due to site grading changes. It is a cantilever style retaining wall, 4 feet exposed, and the base will be quite close to the foundation wall (4" away in...
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    Shear Wall Without Hold-downs

    Hi all, Does anyone have a good resource (and even better, Canadian?) for designing a shear wall without hold-downs at the end of wall segments? i.e. if you are not providing concentrated anchorage against uplift at the ends of the wall, I believe you can design distributed anchorage instead...
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    Eccentric Column Load on Strip Footing

    Hello all, I have some questions regarding an eccentric column load on a strip footing. Background: Residential home constructed 5 yrs ago, main floor beams designed to be installed in beam pockets in the concrete foundation wall. At one beam location, beam pocket was not cut out of the...

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