Yes. The euler criterion is different for a pinned end versus a free end. In fact IIRC its double for a pinned end.
Bracing isn't really necessary - any way to improve stiffness would work.
The urgent thing is to do the equivalent of acrow props to enable safe work to be undertaken on the columns
And even fitting those is a tad unsafe
I was a bit off. Its double for BOTH ends pinned
Too late - the whole lot's to be demolished. People have been allowed in to collect essentials such as TV sets... ;-)
Disgraceful, isn't it? Giving more credence to on-site structural engineers than to the finest commentators usenet can muster. What is the world coming to?
Nick
Its what happens when you need insurance for any advice you give. Which structural engineers insurer is going to go with anything other than demolish?
It could be inspected by an Approved Inspector, not the LA. Generally, building control (of any persuasion) would only consider the building itself & its foundations; the suitability of the culvert is for the sewerage undertaker or Environment Agency, and would be taken into account in any Planning conditions.
This all assumes that these buildings were built in accordance with proper procedure. Any number of blocks of flats are built without complying with Planning conditions or Building Regulations requirements.
I am not sure.
The actual remedial work is not hard not particularly expensive. The one thing that terrifies me, is making it temoprarily safe.
Someone is probably going to have to get underneath.
There is a possibility that you could build a support across the other side of the defile and run some concrete beams underneath, making a bridge..
In the end its cost driven. Cost of demolish/rebuild versus cost of underpinning.
#Trust me, I'm an engineer #I'm getting f*ck right out of here
But how do you support the temporay supports? The ground is obviously not that firm. Can'r bunga few scaff boards down build a couple of towers and sling some girders underneath. And what ever you did would have to be protected from the water flow.
Agreed knock 'em down. Would any owners ever be able to get insurance with that history?
Just looked at that. No pipes as you say in the default view. Now see that little compassy thing top left? Move north to almost any other position and the pipes appear.
According to news about Spencer Court but no pictures , They`re going to backfill in from carpark to give them a platform to demolish rest of block.
Here`s another tricky repair job from Fife last week:
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