Structural Engineering

Hi, folks. Anyone out there with a license in the State of Washington who'd be interested in a small job? Let me know. William L. Polhem...

Is the SEAINT list server still operating?? I haven't seen any messages posted in probably a month or so.   Larry Hauer, S.E. ...

For what it is worth, the US Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District has studied the issue and uses the coal tar epoxy on the upper 20...

Bill, It might depend on what you are using the sheet piles for.  I am use to sheet piles being used temporarily during construction where...

I had a little tete-a-tete with a Contractor not long ago, who insisted that the the old tried-and-true painted-on coal-tar epoxy method...

Carbon fiber is used mostly for tension reinforcement.  I have not used it for low concrete strength.  Contact the engineers at Fyfe for th...

Hi Harold, Did you mean a kind of carbon membrane like for the seismic upgrade of beams in buildings? It could be a great idea. but I ne...

What do you mean by adding caron fiber, the concretee floor is already done, is there any kind of injection, or reinforcement solution you...

Wow!!  The contractor needs to go back to contractor school.    If you are close, you may be able wait and use the 90 day breaks to achie...

The ACI 117 is too liberal for many applications.  As an example, I use the AISC tolerances for anchor rod tolerances.  Auger cast piles ar...

Yes I've already added a beam to correct  the deviations. The surveyor was there during the drilling execution but it didn't help. N...

The 2009 IBC generally requires deep foundations, such as drilled piers and driven piles, to be laterally restrained at the tops by grade be...

On 1/2/2012 10:44 AM, Bill Polhemus wrote: On 1/1/2012 7:47 AM, David Cohen (Baran Raviv) wrote: ...

On 1/1/2012 7:47 AM, David Cohen (Baran Raviv) wrote: Almost each of the pile ...

David, The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) http://www.dfi.org/  publishes the Augered Cast-in-Place Piles Manual which should be a refere...

Thanks a lot Happy new year everyone David Cohen "h.d.richardson" <h.d.richardson@telus.net> wrote: Davie,         Sounds t...

Davie,           Sounds to me like you should just execute the contractor.           A more practical solution, however, may well be t...

David, Perhaps you can design a reinforced concrete grade beam arrangement supported by the existing piles and adding helical piles only whe...

Engineers I have a building in construction phase, as the designer, the contractor and the client are sending the as-made location of th...

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Sometimes??? David Topete Sent from my iPhone On Dec 28, 2011, at 5:15 AM, "Gary L. Hodgson and Assoc." < design@hodgsoneng.ca ...

Thanks for your replies. I was able to convince several parties that the design wind would govern over the lesser jet wash. It also ...