Many Cities, Counties, etc. require the foundation to be designed for the soil found at the site of the tower rather than for "standard soil". This would require soil samples and a foundation designed by a registered P.E. They may also require that the design be signed by a P.E registered in the same state. Bill - WA0CBW In a message dated 8/27/2008 9:47:28 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Zoning requires a letter from Rohn engineering regarding the base for an 80 foot SSV tower. I gave them the engineering drawings of the tower and base section and foundation for all heights of SSV towers, They (zoning) in turn called Rohn (I am getting this third hand) Were told by someone that the tower needed to be in the ground 16 feet or something like that. Even after showing them the drawings again that it only requires a 8x8x4 concrete pad and short base section they are still insisting they need a letter from Rohn. You would think they could understand the drawings but I guess not. I am guessing they showed the drawings to some building inspector and he told them how far the bottom 80 feet had to be in the ground. When I get the letter my customer gets the variance. Anyone have an e-mail contact at Rohn or name and phone number? Thanks tom P.S. I tried to get on Rohn's web site and was alerted that there is possible Malicious software there. ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)
