ABSTRACT ONLY:
Careful sleuthing after a roof collapse calls into question certain decisions with regard to bridging layout and design loads for uplift. But does the fault lie with the designers or with inconsistencies in the sources upon which those designers relied?
BIOS:
By Erik L. Nelson, P.E., Ph.D., M.ASCE, the president of Nelson Architectural Engineers, Inc., of Plano, Texas; Deepak Ahuja, P.E., M.ASCE, a vice president of the firm; Stewart M. Verhulst, P.E., M.ASCE, a senior project director of the firm; and Erin Criste, M.ASCE, an engineer in training with the firm at the time of the investigation.