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  1. JRGse

    best purlines orientation

    Cee sections like theses should be alternated back/back, front/front as one proceeds up the slope. These will cancel out the roll forces that develop.
  2. JRGse

    Alfalfa Pellets

    Would anyone have information of the loading characteristic of alfalfa pellets? Thanks.
  3. JRGse

    Member Labels

    What I think is an easy question – Can the member label (i.e. M1, section size, etc.) be moved to somewhere other than the mid-point of the members length? When I have crossing members the label is very hard to read. Thanks for the response.
  4. JRGse

    1958 Ceco joists

    Hi Does anyone have floor joist information for Ceco joists from 1958? The joist tag indicates a 126X-235 and the plans show 126-126W for the size. Thanks for any help.
  5. JRGse

    Hemstock Concrete Products

    Hi Dick I was able to talk with a salesman that worked for the company, he said that the company was sold about eleven years ago. However, he did not have any technical information and did not know of anyone I would be able to contact. The plans I have indicate that the building would have been...
  6. JRGse

    Hemstock Concrete Products

    Does anyone have information for precast and/or prestressed planks manufactured by a company named Hemstock Concrete Products? The company was located in LaCrosse, WI and is no longer in business. We are currently renovating a building that was built with this product and would like to get this...
  7. JRGse

    combined shear and bending fv/Fv + fb/Fb

    Keep in mind that the combined shear and bend is a check required in design with coldform members.
  8. JRGse

    RFI - Interior Slab for uplift resistance

    I use the weight of the slab for a distance beyond the edge of the footing. This distance is based upon the moment capacity that a slab has as a “cantilevered member” beyond the edge of the footing. At times, I have increase the slab reinforcing to bar in order to increase the uplift resistance.
  9. JRGse

    Concrete honeycombing and bug holes

    Does anyone know where I would find documentation regarding how much honeycombing and bug holes are allowed in a concrete wall before they are considered a defect that must be repaired? Reviewing the articles in the ACI Manual of Concrete Practice, they discussion why these types of blemishes...
  10. JRGse

    Early 1900's Snow Loadings

    Check with the State. That was about the time WI adopted a State building code.
  11. JRGse

    How irregular is too irregular?

    You do have a horizontal irregularity per T12.3-1 Type 4, however you do not have a vertical irregularity (T13.3-2). Hence, you would be required to follow the restrictions listed in section 12.3.3
  12. JRGse

    Blast from the past: Dox Plank

    Check out slideruleera's web site - http://www.slideruleera.net/contributions.html Great information - thanks Slideruleear
  13. JRGse

    Reinforcing Joist Floor

    Depending on the amount of overstress, one option may be to and bars to the top and/or bottom chords with intermittent welds. The web may also need to be reinforced, angles can be used for this. Another possibility would be to cut the joist near mid-span and add a beam line, in lieu of adding...
  14. JRGse

    Metro Dome collaspe

    a2mfk - "....But there is also something special about Lambeau in December or better January!" I’ll second That!!!! But there is one thing that I have not read in any of the posts. I saw an interview of someone connected with the snow removal. During the interview he stated that they...
  15. JRGse

    WA Structural III Exam

    3doorsdwn,TTUengr51 If I remember correctly, you need to request (and purchase) the wall certificate.
  16. JRGse

    Modeling Stepped Columns

    I am starting to model a steel frame in RISA 3D, for a building the will contain cranes. The owner would like to use stepped columns in lieu of independent crane columns. For the modeling of a stepped column, I was going to put a very stiff horizontal member in the column at the step location...
  17. JRGse

    CA Seismic Principles & Engineering Surveying Exam

    dcarr82775 I'm going to get the PE first. In CA you must be a PE before to can take the SE test. Per state law a PE can design most buildings (not hopitals & public schools). Its my understanding that some counties/municpalties require a SE not to mention the some specs also require this. As...
  18. JRGse

    CA Seismic Principles & Engineering Surveying Exam

    Hi I've applied for the CA PE license by comity but need to take the State test for Seismic Principles & Engineering Surveying. I’m not too concerned with the seismic portion, but it’s been more years than I can to remember since I did any surveying calculations. Does anyone have any...
  19. JRGse

    Crane impact factor

    thanks
  20. JRGse

    Crane impact factor

    When designing runway beams, brackets, etc. what would be the more appropriate vertical impact factor to use for a radio-controlled crane, 10% (pendant-operated crane) or 25% (cab-operated crane)? I cannot find this info in AISC, ASCE, etc. but my thoughts are that since a person does not need...

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