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Our office (structural engineers) is in desperate need of a platform to look at our long term project outlook with regards to our staff allocation. We want to be able to see how much time a single project will consume one engineer or group of engineers, and be able to assign projects to project...

checking the size of the member for 1 or 2 hour per chapter 16 of the NDS. there are different adjustment factors for fire design.

has anyone any experience with heavy timber fire checks for columns and/or beams? using risa floor or risa 3d.

I am looking for someone with foundation design experience using ASCE 41-13 who can inform me of what m-factor to use for the concrete design of footings. Short summary is I am adding concrete shear walls to a three story un-reinforced concrete box. Existing footings are very small and will need...

Can anyone else comment here if they are finding errors when they attempt to modify walls/frames in Etabs 2013. For example I am constantly finding the following issues: 1. Selecting a wall with the reshape tool (the second mouse pointer) and attempting to select the wall length in order to...

When you say both factors, do you mean both factors F22 and M33 for piers? And likewise F11 and M33 for spandrels?

thanks to all - I didn't know they were also called castellated beam. That makes a big difference when trying to google for information.

Hello, I am doing an analysis of an existing building and need to determine the capacity of an open web beam created by cutting a w-shape lengthwise and splicing two halves back together ( see pic ) Can anyone help me determine the analysis method for these types of beams? Need to place new...

thanks avscorreia for the links. i found a copy of the 2007 "specifications for buildings to be built in seismic zones" but for some reason all of the diagrams are missing :( i shot an email to the ministry so hopefully they will be kind enough to send me their codes!

Hi, I am starting a residential project in Turkey and am looking for the local building codes. Can anyone help me with finding them? I'm working in California and needless to say they are very hard to track down online. Thanks for your help!