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How would I go about checking the 45 degree case? The only examples that I have seen treat the moment as going normal to the plate sides.

It can rotate, so probably checking against a couple scenarios or a single worst case.

I am currently working on the design of a small crane which will be sitting on top of a W16x40. The column is a 3" pipe and the reactions at the base are Pu=1.023 k and Mu=1.681 k-ft. I tried following AISC Design Guide 1 for large moment base plates but I feel it is too much geared toward base...

On what I think was a similar project I was helping out with at my last job, we used the SMACNA manual to give us guidance on where we might need to provide lateral and transverse bracing for the pipe that we were hanging from the ceiling. But we also had to use our best judgement for some of it...

I understand, but giving me starter tasks or operations to test my abilities would give me something to do, instead of just sitting at the desk staring at a code book.

I am a new engineer starting out in the industry and I am already on my 2nd job, the main problem that I am running into is that the amount of structural projects can have "lull" periods or periods of only project proposals, which means little to no work for the new engineer. How hard is it to...