I have a plan to build a 20m x 8m sign 3m above the ground on my land.
I don't have much experience so I wanted to show you my design and see what your opinions are.
I attached a draft drawing of the design.
Materials:
8 x 13m I-beams
8 x horizontal brace (smaller square beam)
8 x diagonal brace (smaller square beam)
16 x joint (for diagonal braces to connect back pier to I-beam)
8 x metal plate (450mm x 450mm)
Nuts and Bolts etc
Equipment and labor:
Excavator
Compactor
Crane-truck
Welder
Concrete truck
Methods:
Drill holes in I-beams for makeshift rebar (long bolts with nuts)
Attach long bolts through holes in I-beams using nuts
(these will act as rebar when the concrete is poured around the I-beams to make the piers)
Drill a hole in each corner of the metal plates
Weld the plates to the bottoms of the I-beams
Excavate soil for footings (8 footings at the front and 8 footings at the back for diagonal bracing)
Compact ground for footings with a vibrating plate compactor
Lay rebar for footings (with metal coming out vertically for pier attachment)
(have 4 bolts coming out of the frame vertically to connect to the metal plates, or should I drill into the footings after they are formed and bolt the plates to the footings?)
Pour concrete for footings
Let footings dry
For the front of the sign, weld the sign-front to the horizontal beams, and them weld the horizontal beams to the I-beams
(Ensure that there is a cardboard cylinder around each I-beam near the metal plate end around the makeshift rebar- this is for pier formation)
Place structure with crane truck and bolt metal plates to footings
Connect horizontal braces from front footing location to back footing location, bracing having makeshift rebar at the ends where the piers will be poured
Fill in dirt around the cardboard tubes
Pour concrete into the cardboard tubes for piers
Let piers dry
Place vinyl or flex-face over the sign front.
Thanks and let me know what you think.
I don't have much experience so I wanted to show you my design and see what your opinions are.
I attached a draft drawing of the design.
Materials:
8 x 13m I-beams
8 x horizontal brace (smaller square beam)
8 x diagonal brace (smaller square beam)
16 x joint (for diagonal braces to connect back pier to I-beam)
8 x metal plate (450mm x 450mm)
Nuts and Bolts etc
Equipment and labor:
Excavator
Compactor
Crane-truck
Welder
Concrete truck
Methods:
Drill holes in I-beams for makeshift rebar (long bolts with nuts)
Attach long bolts through holes in I-beams using nuts
(these will act as rebar when the concrete is poured around the I-beams to make the piers)
Drill a hole in each corner of the metal plates
Weld the plates to the bottoms of the I-beams
Excavate soil for footings (8 footings at the front and 8 footings at the back for diagonal bracing)
Compact ground for footings with a vibrating plate compactor
Lay rebar for footings (with metal coming out vertically for pier attachment)
(have 4 bolts coming out of the frame vertically to connect to the metal plates, or should I drill into the footings after they are formed and bolt the plates to the footings?)
Pour concrete for footings
Let footings dry
For the front of the sign, weld the sign-front to the horizontal beams, and them weld the horizontal beams to the I-beams
(Ensure that there is a cardboard cylinder around each I-beam near the metal plate end around the makeshift rebar- this is for pier formation)
Place structure with crane truck and bolt metal plates to footings
Connect horizontal braces from front footing location to back footing location, bracing having makeshift rebar at the ends where the piers will be poured
Fill in dirt around the cardboard tubes
Pour concrete into the cardboard tubes for piers
Let piers dry
Place vinyl or flex-face over the sign front.
Thanks and let me know what you think.
