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| | | Re: Judging structural integrity? < Reply # 1 on 7/5/2018 3:41 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Totally depends on each location. If the floor is question is a wooden floor that is sagging I stay away. Ive seen wood that looks good, but would fall apart under any kind of load. Steel or concrete I would investigate closer before continuing. I work as a structural designer at an engineering firm with 23 years experience. I have done numerous structural integrity audits over the years. I feel like this gives me an advantage to determine if an area is "safe" to venture into. If a person is not experienced along those lines I would always suggest erring on the side of caution. If the floor is grating, and it does not look to be in the best of shape walk along the beams supporting the grating. I've seen grating give way under workers. If it is concrete and the rebar is exposed and rusted I would give it a hard second guess. If the structure like a catwalk is supported from concrete and the anchors show excessive rust, hard second guess. There have been plenty of places I have bypassed. Best two pieces of advise I can give is to always investigate upper floors from the floor below before going futher up and if there is any question about an area, dont go. At the same time I have walked on structures where the supporting steel members bottom flange and web were completely gone due to corrosion, but the floor was welded checkered plate, it was rather like a trampoline though. Looks can be misleading. I remember a time I was sketching an existing structure, there was material build up on a steel beam, I took my trusty chipping happer to clear it off so I could get to the steel below it, took one whack to find out there was no steel below it, all it was was the hollow shell from bauxite build up. I got down quickly.
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