Base plates may look simple — just a steel plate bolted to concrete. But beneath that connection lies a complex set of engineering decisions about pressure, stiffness, anchor strength, grout, and ...
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The weakest point isn’t where you think

Every column funnels force into a small steel plate at its base . That plate spreads pressure into concrete and anchors the structure against wind and uplift. If this connection fails, everything ...