Carports
Detached Steel Carport — Phoenix, AZ
Summary
Cold-formed steel freestanding carport over a desert-soil site. Designed for monsoon wind and uplift with a slab-on-grade pad and embedded tube columns.
Scope of work
Analysis
- ASCE 7-22 wind & uplift
- Open-structure pressures
- Component & cladding
Design
- HSS column + truss
- Slab thickening at columns
- Embedded base detail
Deliverables
- Stamped calcs
- Fabrication-ready drawings
- Footing schedule
Constraints & objectives
Eliminate spread footings on expansive desert soils
Keep all welds shop-fabricated to simplify install
Resist 115 mph 3-sec gust uplift without supplemental anchors
What the client said
“Clean drawings, fab-friendly details. Our installers built it from the set without a single RFI.”
— Owner, Steel fabrication shop