head studs and weld seat supports to the [;ates and top it off with wood
planks.
seaint04@lewisengineering.com wrote:
> I've been asked to design a retaining wall with a built-in bench. The wall
> retains about 6 feet of soil. The bench wants to be on the low side of the
> wall. The architect would like to cantilever the bench out from the face
> of wall.
>
> I'm looking at this two ways. One way would be to form the seat with the
> wall and pour it together monolithic. I haven't done ornamental type work.
> I see this as a real pain to form the wall and seat together. Also, the
> seat would need a top surface form and the question I have is how to assure
> the seat part of the formwork was filled sufficiently with concrete while
> pouring. I thought about putting a construction joint in the wall at the
> top of the seat elevation. I don't like the idea of two separate pours.
> Any ideas as to how to detail a monolithic seat and wall?
>
> My other though is to pour the wall separate and then pour the seat. This
> is back to 2 pours. The challenge I see is how to develop the bars
> sticking out for the seat. I need full moment capacity but I do not have
> enough wall to develop the bar by the time it reaches the face of wall.
> Any ideas as to how to get a full bar developed in the wall? If there was
> no bench I could use an 8" thick wall. I could justify going to 12" thick
> if I needed it. This still doesn't develop a hooked #4 bar with adequate
> cover.
>
> Thanks for your insight.
>
> Rich
>
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