Pedestrian Railing with Wire Cable Infill Design

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I know a lot of you guys make pedestrian railings.  I have to take continuing education classes for to maintain my Professional Engineer license, and ran across this free 1 hour class.  I thought it was a pretty good overview on railing design.  Might be of interest to others.  RonBlank.com Class: Pedestrian Cable Railings: Guardrails with Cable In-FillIts all about how to design railings that utilize the stainless steel cables for infill, how to space things for safety codes, evaluate loads and make things durable.  Also details on what minimalist cable hardware is available.  Best is to download the pdf file.  Obviously the class was prepared by a manufacturer, but that's how things go these days.  Did I mention, the class is free?  If you need to maintain continuing education for your job (or to impress your customers), take the quiz at the end.  You get a certificate, wow!--Zip Attached Images
Reply:I like that look on some buildings.Dave J.Dave J.Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. ~George Bernard Shaw~ Syncro 350Invertec v250-sThermal Arc 161 and 300MM210DialarcTried being normal once, didn't take....I think it was a Tuesday.
Reply:My employer just fabbed and installed a handrail like that. I will have to see if anyone took any pictures. I know they were having all sort of "fun" fabbing it due to the pitch, drilling the holes offset in the posts to keep the wires in line, etc.
Reply:Looks great!  I like the design.But I am surprised the railing police haven't jumped on it yet...  In many locations horizontal bars or wires are not allowed because they lend people, especially children, ladder rungs to climb and then the fall accidents happen.  All bars or balusters must be verticle to discourge climbing the fence.  - MondoMember, AWSLincoln ProMIG 140Lincoln AC TombstoneCraftsman Lathe 12 x 24 c1935Atlas MFC Horizontal MillCraftsman Commercial Lathe 12 x 36 c1970- - - I'll just keep on keepin' on.
Reply:Thanks Zipzit
Reply:Originally Posted by MondoLooks great!  I like the design.But I am surprised the railing police haven't jumped on it yet...  In many locations horizontal bars or wires are not allowed because they lend people, especially children, ladder rungs to climb and then the fall accidents happen.  All bars or balusters must be verticle to discourge climbing the fence.
Reply:Originally Posted by Mick120Just a couple of pics of the SS intermediate posts I did for one of the local pubs. (renovation job still in progress)In order to build the deck, they had to put screw piles 20 meters into the bank, before they found a decent footing.
Reply:We did one like that pup railing at my cabin. Steel stiles with cable infill and wood top rail. Turned out very nice but damn are those stainless cable fittings expensive