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I'm working on designing a Barrel roof, and I am using STAAD PRo to do so. when I have my girders vertical i need bigger beams then I do if I rotate my girders to the slope of the roof, I was expecting the opposite to be true, any insight on why this might be

just to throw out another Idea what does everyone thing of using CMU's. my conceren is that they'll crack with the freezing and thawing being on the water, any idea's?

so your saying make the base 2m deep ground penatration correct? I was thinking 1m ground penateration do to the water table. though 2m might be possable with pumping out the water

I agree that a Gabion is the most realistic way to go. This is going to help not only retaning the hill that is currently on the site but also help stop the erosion from the pond. I was planing on using a flush front and a stepped back, hoping that this would reduce the size of wall needed...

Timber is out of the question in this case, since they used a timber pole design to retain the stairs and after about 10 years they're rotting away.

I think that the Gabion wall is best suited for the situation. Now I have a few basic questions. 1) if I want to terrace this how far apart do the walls have to be 2) is there anyway to reduce the size of the base, it looks like for a 15' wall i need a 9' width, and a 10' high wall will require...

the only real acesses to the site is an pathway about 2'wide, and overhead clearance above the house being about 2. the only othe way to get to the location is the pond. thw owner is p;aning on doing much of the manual labor between himself and his family ,since most have done or are in the...

I'm currently trying to design a retaining wall/retaining wall system the total height of the drop I'm looking at is 15'. The back side is to be backfilled and the front side will be mostly exposed. The front side of the retaining wall will be exposed to a pond, though normally just above water...

I was reading the following in the Standard times which the main newspaper for the southcost of Mass. "John Christian, a geotechnical engineer hired to conduct an investigation on behalf of the Turnpike Authority, said the attachment bolt design was fairly standard. He said holes were drilled...

I'm Actually graduating next month, and from what I can see, the biggest problem here in New England is that most of the students here going for civil engineering are in it for the money. starting pay around here varies, I know one that got a job in upstate New York for 48,000 but most of my...