Monday, June 29, 2009

Re: Dallas Cowboys roof collapse

I'm not sure if ACI 318 App. D is a step forward.....

Bill Polhemus wrote:
Gil Brock wrote:
This comes back to a similar concern I have expressed this list and in other places (to a unanimously negatively response) regarding engineers basing designs on design tables/charts provided by manufacturers/suppliers.
Fortunately, design codes and standards are finally catching up to this (example: provisions of ACI 318 App. D).

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