HomeMy WebLinkAboutEngineer's Letter 08.31.2026MTCG
STRUCTURAL
August 31, 2026
Brad Jordan
Jordan Architecture
PO Box 1031
Glenwood Springs, CO 81602
bradiordanarchitect@gmail.com
RE: Pizarro Storage Tent — Uplift Resistance and Snow Mitigation Recommendations
234 County Road 236, Silt, CO 81652
Brad,
As requested, we have reviewed the temporary storage tent structure constructed at the above site for the limited aspects noted
above. We understand the tent is a Hills Industrial Double -Truss tent, 80 feet long x 50 feet wide x 26 feet high at the ridge. We
have not been able to find any published snow load capacity for the tent structure noted. The tent is currently ballasted with six
concrete ecology blocks (3,600# apiece), three per long side.
We recommend that the tent structure is retrofitted with additional ecology blocks for uplift resistance. A total of twenty ecology
blocks shall be used as ballast, eight each per long side and two each per gable end, evenly spaced and attached to the tent
structure in a similar fashion to the existing ballast blocks. Tension cables and standard cable connection accessories rated for
2, 000 Ibs, or equal alternatives, shall be used to connect each ecology block from its cast -in pick point up to each adjacent tent
frame haunch. Due to the unknown snow load capacity of the structure, we also recommend that a snow removal program is
implemented to prevent snow accumulation on and against the tent structure. Note. the intemal strength and integrity of the tent and
its framework, and any connections to it, is outside of the scope of these recommendations and has not been evaluated.
Please feel free to contact our office should questions arise.
Sincerely,
MTCG Structural
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Steven R. Edmiston, P.E. S.E.
Principal
Mountain Town Consulting Group, LLC,
P.O. Box 1577, Basalt, CO 81621 1 206-910-7766 1 steve@mountaintowncg.com
www.MountainTownCG.com