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metal building foundation design

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purdue87

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Dec 24, 2007
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i have the reactions for a small metal building. where does one find a procedure for designing these types of footings?
thanks.
scott.
 
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This is not rocket science.

1. Just design the vertical reaction from the mainframes for P/A, making sure the uplift is compensated for in the dead load of the footing/slab/grade beam. Don't forget to check the sidewall X brace and any portal frame reactions against the same footings. There may also be additional X brace reactions to design for at the endwalls.

2. Also, the thrust from the mainframes is taken by rebar hairpins -"usually #4,5 or 6 bars, bent in an open "U" shape, flared to the outside at 2:1, with the anchor bolt pattern inside of the U. I usually just use one 20 foot section of rebar and bend it accoringly. A grade beam tension tie can be used if the size gets too big.

There are other tricks, but those are the basics. Nothing fancy here.

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
 
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