# Anyone on here a Structural Engineer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 1, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-on-here-a-structural-engineer/262854 "2012-03-01T13:54:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-on-here-a-structural-engineer/262854/5 "2012-03-01T16:58:34Z")
> [@the ultimate turbododge](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-ultimate-turbododge/48405/21): > > Well this is my problem. > > I am bidding on a job where I have to demo and remove 800 cubic yards of concrete and move the debris ~1200ft one way to a staging area. The only problem is the route to bring the debris has been specified and cannot have a load more than 100psf. > > I need to be able to move the debris (1600tons worth) with a piece of equipment (power buggy or something similar). What i need to know is what I can use that will stay under 100psf. > > I don’t know if it is as simple as the weight divided by contact point of the wheels or track, or its more complicated. Me standing with my feet together is more that 100 psf, so I don’t think that can be right. There is a difference between a designed “uniformly distributed load” and “concentrated load”. What I would do if I were to encounter such scenario is I would find out what is the design minimum concentrated live load of the access to the staging area is. IMO, one simply can’t use a “uniformly distributed load” for such calculation, otherwise he/she would be crashing thru almost all of the floors simply by standing on one foot. :lol I am not an engineer, and these are not advice. Just my opinion on an imaginary situation. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-on-here-a-structural-engineer/262854)._