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In a wood construction, larger openings on the ground floor are achieved by spanning steel beams. These beams need to be fireproofed for a 2 hour rating while the structure above is 1 hour rated in a peculiar case. We plan to use spray on fireproofing on the steel beams, but the top of the beam may not be sprayed on; as 2" of ...

I am working on a project where we have a 2hr CMU wall on the exterior wall as its next to an occupied building. We have control joints on this wall and we also have to leave some space at head of wall due to movement requirements. Wondering what product can we use for firestopping and if we need an EJ for a CMU wall at edge o...

I have an anchor group of 4 bolts situated on a pier that has reinforcing of its own. mainly vertical bars and stirrups (like a column). The effects of concrete side-face blowout due to shear forces are significant because the anchors are located very close to the edge of the pier. My vertical reinforcement and pier stirrups i...

I'm looking for a 2-hour rated head of wall detail for a gyp bd and metal stud wall terminating against faced insulation at a pre-engineered metal building roof. The UL detail HW-D-0528 has all the components I need, but not a 2-hour rating. Thanks in advance!

Hello - I am working on a project in DC where they want to install a solar system spanning between CMU walls. The anchorage of the system would solely be to the exterior CMU parapet walls. We are unsure if these are fully grouted or not...likely not given that they are in DC. The contractor wants to use Hilti HIT-HY 270 and sa...

What is the distinction in the two values provided for effective embedment depth: h ef,opti and h ef,limit?

how do we get my name on the certificate v. the one that appears

what hole size do I drill to anchor .5" rod in concrete with hy-200 adhesive

I have not been invited to take the Anchor 207 quiz for the webinar I attended 9-2-2020. Please send invite to dallema@entergy.com

I attended Hilti's webinar "Anchor 207"on 09/02/2020, and have passed the associated quiz, however, I have not received the PDH certificate yet.