Thank you for these suggestions. I will definitely look into them. It seems that if I want a truly informative set of courses, I'm going to have to curate them myself. I've had some pretty inspiring professors over the years, and it makes me a little sad that some of our best lecture driven...
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Have any of you found any online continuing education programs that really focus on quality of instruction. Everything I've found so far just feels mechanical, like taking an online defensive driving course. The lectures/slides are either old, shallow, or incredibly boring, and the...
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I generate designs for some residential projects in Austin, TX, and occasionally perform pre-pour inspections for some foundations. I've run into something with a new contractor that I'm having a hard time finding more resources on, and I thought some folks here might be able to...
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I have a client who has presented me with a system meant for supporting patio cover beams by stubbing up from the wall plates through the roof assembly. Here is the product...
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My first reaction was a little cringe-y. I see...
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We ended up designing a buttress system that broke the retaining wall up into 12' long pieces that I was able to design as 3 side supported slabs. The whole system is keyed into limestone and will be much more easily stabilized against turnover than a cantilevered wall... and...
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Kind of a 3 part question here...
I am engineering an 11ft retaining wall for a hillside swimming pool. The geotech report predicts limestone about 3 ft below grade. The sub-contractor has requested getting rid of the heel and the toe of this wall, and keying it 2-3 ft...
Thank you all again for the added thoughts and pointers. It really helps to have a community to bounce this off of. There are still some conversations I need to have with the client about levels of service, but I have a much better sense of what a "typical" fee for this project should be. Or...
Thank you all for your input so far. It seems as though that $2500 per sheet figure is a good place to get a ballpark from, for comparison at least. Please bear with me while I think this one through "out loud"...
If we assume ANSI D or E drawings, then I can imagine the following sheets...
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I started my own firm back in September of last year, and I've been slowly figuring out the art of pricing structural engineering work. I recently met my first potentially large client, and I am trying to put together a quote for him. I don't really have any mentors here in town...
