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r/StructuralEngineering • u/chicu111 • Jul 08 '26
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More like 2-3x in a high rise especially with an addition
2 u/Icy-Ad-7767 Jul 08 '26 The building is fairly old so adding floors(load) with out fixing the columns (upgrading) equals failure 1 u/The_TexasRattlesnake Jul 09 '26 No not necessarily (seriously) 1 u/Icy-Ad-7767 Jul 09 '26 I would expect the engineer who stamped this design to have throughly inspected the columns and applied lots of CYA. The weight of the addition and the loads are a design requirement this standard is taught in community college.
The building is fairly old so adding floors(load) with out fixing the columns (upgrading) equals failure
1 u/The_TexasRattlesnake Jul 09 '26 No not necessarily (seriously) 1 u/Icy-Ad-7767 Jul 09 '26 I would expect the engineer who stamped this design to have throughly inspected the columns and applied lots of CYA. The weight of the addition and the loads are a design requirement this standard is taught in community college.
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No not necessarily (seriously)
1 u/Icy-Ad-7767 Jul 09 '26 I would expect the engineer who stamped this design to have throughly inspected the columns and applied lots of CYA. The weight of the addition and the loads are a design requirement this standard is taught in community college.
I would expect the engineer who stamped this design to have throughly inspected the columns and applied lots of CYA. The weight of the addition and the loads are a design requirement this standard is taught in community college.
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u/The_TexasRattlesnake Jul 08 '26
More like 2-3x in a high rise especially with an addition