PE Exam Preparation

Construction Safety
(AM) Part
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Load Combinations To Be Considered During Construction

Load Combination 1: 1.4D + 1.4CD + 1.2CFML + 1.4CVML

Load Combination 2: 1.2D + 1.2CD + 1.2 CFML + 1.4 CVML + 1.6CP + 1.6CH + 0.5L

Load Combination 3: 1.2D + 1.2CD + 1.2 CFML + 1.4 CVML + 1.3W + 0.5CP + 0.5L

Load Combination 4: 1.2D + 1.2CD + 1.2 CFML + 1.4 CVML + 1.0E + 0.5 CP + 0.5L

Load Combination 5: 0.9D + 0.9CD + 1.3W

Load Combination 6: 0.9D + 0.9Cd + 1.3E

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What is the total Horizontal Load due to wind that is required to be supported by each bracing?
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OSHA: “Occupational Safety and Health Administration”

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• Must Read Chapter 6

• The book is available online
• Print Chapter 6 and take to the exam
(Even if you are not taking the transportation
depth)
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Soil Classification
Soils are classified into stable rock and types A, B, or C,
with type C being the most unstable.
Type A soils are cohesive soils with an unconfined compressive
strength of 1.5 tons per square foot (144 kPa) or greater. Examples of type A
cohesive soils are clay, silty clay, sandy clay, clay loam, and in some cases,
silty clay loam and sandy clay loam. No soil is type A if it is fissured, is
subject to vibration of any type, has previously been disturbed, is part of a
sloped, layered system where the layers dip into the excavation on a slope
of four horizontal to one vertical or greater, or has seeping water.
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Type B soils are cohesive soils with an unconfined compressive strength

greater than 0.5 tons per square foot (48 kPa) but less than 1.5 (144 kPa).
Examples of type B soils are angular gravel; silt; silt loam; previously
disturbed soils unless otherwise classified as type C; soils that meet the
unconfined compressive strength or cementation requirements of type A
soils but are fissured or subject to vibration; dry unstable rock; and
layered systems sloping into the trench at a slope less than four horizontal
to one vertical (but only if the material would be classified as a type B
soil).
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Type C soils are cohesive soils with an unconfined compressive strength
of 0.5 tons per square foot (48 kPa) or less. Type C soils include granular
soils such as gravel, sand and loamy sand, submerged soil, soil from
which water is freely seeping, and submerged rock that is not stable. Also
included in this classification is material in a sloped, layered system
where the layers dip into the excavation or have a slope of four horizontal
to one vertical or greater.
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Trenching and Excavation
Except for excavations entirely in stable rock, excavations deeper than 5
ft (1.5 m) in all types of earth must be protected from cave-in and
collapse.

Excavations less than 5 ft (1.5 m) deep are usually exempt but may also
need to be protected when inspection indicates that hazardous ground
movement is possible.

Timber and aluminum shoring (hydraulic, pneumatic, and screw-jacked)

and trench shields that meet the requirements may be used in excavations
up to 20 ft (6 m) deep.
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Sloping and benching the trench walls may be substituted for
shoring. Sloped walls in excavations deeper than 20 ft (6 m) must
be designed by a professional engineer.

Greater slopes are permitted for short term usage in excavations less
than 12 ft (3.67 m) deep
In trenches 4 ft (1.2 m) deep or more, ladders, stairways, or ramps are
required so that no more than 25 ft (7.5 m) of lateral travel is required to
reach an exit (i.e., with a maximum lateral spacing of 50 ft (15 m))
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Spoils and other equipment that could fall into a trench or an excavation
must be kept at least 2 ft (0.6 m) from the edge of a trench unless secured
in some other fashion

Examples of excavations by soil types A, B, and C are illustrated in the

following figures:
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Crane Load Chart
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Crane Load Chart
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Example
The load chart for a Series C13M crane with an 18 ft jib is shown in Table.
Load line equipment deductions are: downhaul weight, 90 lbf; one sheave
block, 185 lbf; two sheave blocks, 355 lbf. The crane is configured with 60 lbf
of rigging and one sheave block with two parts of line. What is the crane’s net
capacity at a radius of 35 ft when the main boom is extended to
45 ft?
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Solution
Although the crane has an 18 ft jib, an extension of 45 ft
does not require the jib’s use. Therefore, use the main part of the load chart.
The boom is extended to 45 ft, which is between the 40 ft and 48 ft columns
on the table. Use the larger column (48 ft). At a radius of 35.0 ft, the gross
crane capacity is 2600 lbf. Deductions are 185 lbf for one sheave block and
60 lbf for the rigging. The net crane capacity is.