Whoa, now that is a test specimen! Good luck.
Tom
From: Stuart, Matthew [mailto:mStuart@cmxengineering.com]
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 08:39
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: RE: Water Bag Load Testing
100 to 200 PSF, but the area involved is huge – 200,000 SF – 60x60 chunks at a time.
D. Matthew Stuart, P.E., S.E., F.ASCE, SECB
Senior Project Manager
Structural Department
Associate
CMX
200 Route 9
Manalapan, NJ 07726
732-577-9000 (Ext. 1285)
908-309-8657 (Cell)
732-298-9441 (Fax)
mstuart@CMXEngineering.com
From: Tom Skaggs [mailto:tom.skaggs@apawood.org]
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 10:24 AM
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: RE: Water Bag Load Testing
Sorry, I can’t provide you any help, but I’m curious what magnitude of the pressures you are trying to apply?
Tom
Thomas D. Skaggs, Ph.D., P.E.
Manager, Product Evaluation
APA
7011 S. 19th Street
Tacoma, WA 98466
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253-620-7235 (fax)
From: Stuart, Matthew [mailto:mStuart@cmxengineering.com]
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 06:36
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: Water Bag Load Testing
I am looking for any contacts you may have for contractors in the US that are capable of using water bags for load testing of an existing structure.
Thanks
D. Matthew Stuart, P.E., S.E., F.ASCE, SECB
Senior Project Manager
Structural Department
Associate
CMX
200 Route 9
Manalapan, NJ 07726
732-577-9000 (Ext. 1285)
908-309-8657 (Cell)
732-298-9441 (Fax)
Adjunct Professor
P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Masters of Structural Engineering Program
Room 405
Fritz Lab
Lehigh University
13 East Packer Avenue
Bethlehem, PA 18015
dms308@lehigh.edu