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I am looking at an SIP for the roofing on a residential home. I have read many different opinions about the moister barrier (ice and water shield) and venting the deck. My situation is an 8” Sip for the roof with screw down metal standing seam. Obviously the possibility of leaks and all that...

I guess cutting to the chase your trying to run a business. I see a finders fee as a function of the business, not a function of the partnership. Therefore the finders fee should be included in your pricing. You can hire a sales guy to do the same thing, it doesn’t have to be your partner, that...

I believe Cass is correct. The only thing I would add is there is nothing wrong with paying a finders fee or a sales fee. I assume your able to make the finders fee as well. However you need to pay yourself hourly for the work you are doing(a sum that you feel is reasonable). So it would work...

Ron and David, That works great when you have more clients than you know what to do with. However when your first starting out you need to develop that client base and you have to start somewhere. When your working for the contractor they only have so much money in the project for engineering...

I have been on my own for a little over a year now. I was lucky when I started. I had a fairly large construction crew that was well established in the Chicago area that was willing to help me out. They told me where they needed to be and how much money they had in the project for my portion of...

SteelPE, I think somewhere between $1 and $2 per square foot is closer to the correct number. However it depends on what your bidding and how large the project is. Obviously the smaller the square footage the larger your square footage cost. When I got started I had a mentor of mine (he has...

David, In your liquor store analogy, your right I wouldn’t be upset. On the other hand I don’t think the liquor store would send my customer their advertising info. Who does that? In reference to the mailing address, it was correct. The postman misplaced mail and told me he did so. I sat with...

Here is some of what they sent back. I removed all the names except for mine. www.bowerseng.comhttp://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=34c236a4-a6ab-4d08-9560-3bedca75796e&file=mail.pdf

OK, I ran into an issue and I didn’t pursue it any further. Maybe that was a bad decision but I don’t like confrontation. I started consulting about a year ago. Here is what happened. At the very beginning I started cultivating a relationship with a local manufacturing company. I did a lot...

AWS D1.1 gives a list of all your prequalified welds. www.bowerseng.com

So we have 190000 sf and 10 building. Assuming they are all truly the same, you’re looking at approximately 19000 sf per building. Assuming you charge $1.50 per sf you’re looking at about $28,500.00 for the first building. Assuming you go in with the $1000.00 for each additional building your...

Everything I have read says a cold calling makes you look desperate and thats not a good thing. So I come from a manufacturing back ground and I see many many projects come through. Now as a manufacturer I know how to go after the project when I am bidding per the entire scope. However when...

I hope this helps. Its out of a book called structural engineering formulas by Ilya Mikhelson. There are other formulas for uniform loads with different typs of plate connections. for example fixed, pinned, 3 sided four sided etc...

DTOREC What is SEO? brandonbw I am going through my adwords account and cannot find how to exclude or filter out words, Obviously I can find how include them. I got a call from google when I started my adwords account, I think I will just call them back and get guidance. www.bowerseng.com

I just got my website up the way I wanted it. I am starting my first adwords campaign. I was just going to start out with a $100.00 just to get a feel with the way it works?? This is new for me. I did however spend some time and money on my website. www.bowerseng.com

What effect is this international energy conservation code having on the metal stud market? What changes are being made in the industry to accommodate for the new IECC?

OK I read the other post, but I want to make this a little more specific. I am just starting out on my own consulting. I am predominantly interested in steel and reinforced concrete. So I was looking at getting more into metal studs. 1)How do you go after this market? 2)Who do you want to talk...

Ok, we are having a problem and our IT guys cant seem to figure it out. We purchased a networkable version of Risa 3D 9. Now the problem is accessing it at the office from home. Risa says other have set this up but cant tell us how it is done. Any ideas? Thanks,

Josh, I did create the cylinder first and adding the loading is pretty rough. I am going to try and model your way and see if that is any easier. I think you answered my question though. There is no way to appy a hydrostatic load to a cylinder, well atleast in an easy manner like in the...

I am trying to model a small tank in Risa (3D 9.0)(small say 72" diameterX72" height). Anyone have any design examples or tech guides that will get started down the right path? A side note: I am familiar with the high level generation area. I just don’t see where all the loading such as...