Scott – Thanks for the feedback… See my responses below. We’ll discuss here again at KDOT and I’ll follow up with you and Bob if we have any additional questions.
Tom
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I have a few thoughts/questions for you:
Scott – We had some additional discussions here internally at KDOT and we have a design we are moving forward with along with some documentation with everything we’ve investigated within the project/site criteria/constraints… in this situation we feel this proposal is still an improvement from the existing condition and is the best alternative of several we evaluated for this particular site. Would you mind taking one more quick look… I was wanting your thoughts on one item in particular regarding whether or not to nest the first 12’-6” of w-beam off the backside of the concrete block (see attached for details).
Thanks,
I don’t think you need to nest the w-beam coming off of the concrete barrier. I’m not sure if it helps much in terms of system performance, but nesting the rail shouldn’t hurt in anyway. I guess what I’m saying is that nesting isn’t necessary, but if you are concerned about the strength of the barrier in that region, you can nest the rail without negatively affecting performance.
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