BubbaJ
Structural
- Mar 18, 2005
- 163
As many of you have seen on the news, the flooding here in Eastern Iowa has been of epic proportions. I don't want to get into the debate of whether it was truly a 500 year flood event or was merely exacerbated by miles of levees. I am writing to ask for your opinions and guidance.
The small firm that I co-own was wiped out when the flood waters rose to nearly 18 feet above flood stage. Unfortunately, like many others in the area, we foolishly believed the original predictions of 11 feet above flood stage, which would have been 3.5 feet below our floor elevation. As we watched the river level rise quickly and the local news crew float past our office windows in a boat, we knew we were in trouble.
We have found temporary space and are continuing to serve our clients.
Needless to say my engineering library was covered in an interesting pink mold when we were able to return to see the damage. Now, I could just replace the texts I had, but considering that I was still using references from college, I decided I should do a little updating. Granted I did need to buy the new steel code, but this wasn't exactly what I had in mind.
If you could all chime in on your favorite "must haves" for commercial building design, I would greatly appreciate it. I work with designs in lt gauge steel, wood, steel and masonry. I also design concrete foundations & floor slabs. I found a thread from '05 with some suggestions, but I assume there are some new posters who would have their own two cents to add.
Thank you in advance for your time.
The small firm that I co-own was wiped out when the flood waters rose to nearly 18 feet above flood stage. Unfortunately, like many others in the area, we foolishly believed the original predictions of 11 feet above flood stage, which would have been 3.5 feet below our floor elevation. As we watched the river level rise quickly and the local news crew float past our office windows in a boat, we knew we were in trouble.
We have found temporary space and are continuing to serve our clients.
Needless to say my engineering library was covered in an interesting pink mold when we were able to return to see the damage. Now, I could just replace the texts I had, but considering that I was still using references from college, I decided I should do a little updating. Granted I did need to buy the new steel code, but this wasn't exactly what I had in mind.
If you could all chime in on your favorite "must haves" for commercial building design, I would greatly appreciate it. I work with designs in lt gauge steel, wood, steel and masonry. I also design concrete foundations & floor slabs. I found a thread from '05 with some suggestions, but I assume there are some new posters who would have their own two cents to add.
Thank you in advance for your time.
