We have a one-story office building, masonry and timber truss, just under 10,000 square feet, built in 1977 but considered by the jurisdiction to fall under the 1990 UBC.
There are no sprinklers in the building, and we are planning tenant improvements to remodel the existing office space over...
Assume an existing rectangular concrete flume,
slope varying from 0.020 to 0.040, width from
12' to 24', vertical wall height from 3' to 12',
overall length 2500'. ACE-style "channelization".
Plan to construct and install precast weirs at
average 25' oc, bevel-face, vertical back...
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If you have worked for your employer for 8 years, and gone
from draftsperson to EIT, then you are well within your
rights to ask for educational assistance and unpaid leave
while you get your act together for a year. An MS/MA will...
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I've worked as a road warrior, a head-hunter, and built
my own consulting firm, giving me a little persective.
When it comes to love, and work, there are no ethics.
Recruiters twenty years ago were a LOT better than today,
more...
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We reviewed such a situation as you described, with the
downspouts connected to the perimeter foundation drains.
Apparently, it's actually mandated in some jurisdictions.
Not only did surface drainage leach down the foundation
and cause...
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Many years ago we worked on the Barometer Mountain
landslide in Kodiak, caused by excavation for road
fill at the base of the mountain. It bulged at the
bottom and cracked at the top, and many high-level
people flew out and looked at it...
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You might find a bentonite:cement:soil slurry wall is
cheaper than sheet pile, more flexible and leak-tight.
Figure about $200 a running foot, and no call backs.
As the landfill pushes closer, might use a geotextile-
wrapped native...
Jag001:
We built a 30' inflatable dome for a temporary office when we were researching environmental policies down in WA DC. The acoustics were terrible, then one summer squall, it split wide open and everything was soaked through and through.
We worked on raising an 80' inflatable dome to...
I'll add one thumb I've learned from hard personal experience:
If you're hired to watch a contractor perform a particularly complicated structural erection or a complex mechanical startup operation, stand well away from the action(!!), and NEVER let anyone catch you sitting down or stiffling a...
Some years ago I researched (then) FEA CAE software
and wrote a treatise for Architectural & Engr'g mag
on my results. Here's what I discovered:
In reading between the lines of software developers' warrantees, and university peer comments, the accuracy
of any CAE software, whether it's STAAD...
Our firm has in the past provided schematic
shop drawings to clients, to assist in their
takeoff and estimating for construction bid.
We're looking to streamline our operation
and out-source that service to a CAD shop.
What is an appropriate cost structure for
taking structural layout drawings...
