Plate Girder

[vandede427]

No question here. Just wanted to pass along a photo that I took on the highway. I think I counted 120+ bolt holes on the near end.

 

[HgTX]

Continuing the thread drift...I dealt with an architect who didn't care about huge ugly weld seams all over the primary architectural element but freaked out about what kind of bolts could be seen from underneath the structure. I love good architecture when I see it, but dang, I don't always get their mentality.

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[rowingengineer]

I all for drifting,
Currently I am designing a column that starts as concrete changes to timber then fishes as steel. To top it off the column supports a steel/timber truss. I am yet to work out how I am going to spec the durability for the timber, as it is external.

sorry I wanted to whinge to someone.

Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud. After a while you realize that they like it

 

[bridgebuster]

Does the architect want that column painted?

 

[rowingengineer]

of course not, they want the natural timber look

Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud. After a while you realize that they like it

 

[vandede427]

is there anyway to delete this thread. it's gone on long enough, lol.

 

[bridgebuster]

You can red flag it, but not until we get an answer on where that girder was going.

 

[vandede427]

I tried to track it down, but it didn't come from the fabricator I had guessed.

Zoom in real close, get the truck's license number, track down the driver, and see if he remembers delivering a plate girder 6 months ago.