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I want to insert a tapped sleeve, say 100mm long, into existing concrete then to come along later and bolt through a steel angle into the sleeve. What do you recommend?

We need to install a new 600mm dia steel pipe with 80mm insulation through a 1000mm dia hole in a com floor ( conc app 150mm thick) We need to fire stop between the pipe and the floor slab to maintain the integrity of the 2 hr floor. What products can i use to achieve this detail for such a large pipe.

Is it possible to mount shoot pins from a bolt pistol in a fire painted pice of steel? Will it decrease the capacity of the pin, because i guess there have to be some kind of fusion between the steel and pin?

hi do you have a fire stopping detail for 50x50 galvanized trunking passing through a plasterboard and solid wall also a 50x 50 galvanized cable basket passing through a plasterboard wall and a solid wall

When I first create a new project there is the option under the 'reinforcement' tab to include supplementary reinforcement, however once I start inputting values for the connection (e.g. base plate size, bolt location etc) this option for supplementary reinforcement is no longer available. How can I find the supplementary rein...

We have a situation where we wish to install resin anchors into the side of a 140 block wall to support a timber joist ceiling. To limit bearing on the timber we need to install resin anchors at 225 c/c horizontally your minimum is, if I am correct, limited to 440 c/c. If we only load them to 50% would this still be acceptab...

Please could you provide shear and pull out values for your stainless steel (A4) self drill screws for 1.7mm thick extruded aluminium brise soleil blades. There are holes in the purpose made brackets through which the screws are inserted and suit a 4.8mm dia countersunk screw. The bracket is approx 5mm thick Please email johnp...

What is the procedure for installing something to be mounted on the ceiling?

Is there a fire stopping product that can be certified for use on single 10mm cable penetrations through 30 minute slab ceiling, with a 20mm diameter hole without having to result to bat board to be able to certify?

Using CBFEM I am getting a message that, 'Double flat bar profile type is not supported in advanced baseplate calculation' Using Rigid baseplate it is allowing me calculate and it works. I did the same job using Hilti PROFIS Engineering 3.0.87 and it was working. Can please Guide what is going wrong.