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Hah! Thanks

Hi, Was wondering if anyone could help me with an example of a lintel load assessment / load calculation? Any examples or some helpful material is much appreciated I'm not quite sure where to start.

Exactly i figure it can't hurt, it's a foot in the door if anything!

During a field trip i was thrown in at the deep end with the setting out... the main foundation was out by about 300mm, the guy in charge casually walked over and handed me a spade as the excavator had gone home. That was definitely not a fun time.

Are these in jokes? I'll remember that in case i'm ever asked to set a point on a traintrack!

The placement i had lined up fell through annoyingly, and i graduate in just under a month which is no time at all to try and find work or any kind of placement.

Hi, apologies if this is in the wrong place i wasn't sure where to post! I'm about to graduate BEng Civil Engineering and have heard a few things about the role of a 'chain boy' is this actually a job that can be applied for etc as so far i haven't been able to find much even though i've heard...

Thanks for the information, It's an airport control tower, so its basically a 70m stairwell and then 3 cabs at the top.

Out of interest, what is an acceptable frequency? I'm getting around 0.4Hz

Thanks for the response, and nice blog!

Hi, I'm trying to get an idea of a buildings frequency, i've got a 70m high tower with a concentrated mass at the top. Is there a rule of thumb when first considering its sway sensitivity? Can i use f=1/2pi * sqrt k/M ? How do i go about determining it's lateral stiffness?

Yes apologies, i mean steel fibres that have been added to the mix (0.065%) the fibres will obviously help with flexure, but i've been asked to look into size effect. Is that clearer?

Hi, Can anyone offer any help regarding size effect on fibrous beams? Are there any equations or models i should pay attention to? Any help much appreciatedm [afro]