When you perform shear wall design you go from roof down and do tributary area loading at each diaphragm elevation and as you go down you add these up. When you are designing a moment frame in RISA do you still need to add up the shear at each elevation as you go down, or can you just put in...
Kootk and phamg, good points
And I wanted a check outside of what I think and you've given me something to think about another perspective as far as the business side and the general consensus as far as building in this area.
And Aesur, I think if the decision was more objective as far as...
Thanks for everyone's response.
I find this happening alot in the projects Jinal is talking about where it's seismic region B and just by switching the wind exposure to C you can "decide" wind "controls" but those call seem out of convenience vs good judgement. I don't think this engineer has...
Right now I'm on the on boarding process and leaning how this company designs and how they run their projects with the goal to work independently on my own projects and be a project manager, EOR. I have my PE so I'm fully aware of my responsibility and my ethical responsibility. Anytime I bring...
Theres a good fence document that walks you thru design, or if your looking fjor code, ASCE has some guidance on signs, and posts and applying wind loads to those that could be useful or offer some guidance on how to approach the problem.
Situation: an engineer is analyzing a structure and first pass-through determines the Wind exposure category as B, then does the seismic evaluation and finds that seismic controls, but "decides" that they do not want seismic to control and changes the wind exposure to C and then say voila wind...
Hey Just doing a quick check, I read some other threads on beam on elastic for enercalc and how it is applied.
But the didnt seem to answer the question I have, is when is it appropriate to use beam on elastic? I read some people use it to model a 1' strip and in the manual i read it only...
I'm on board with what you've said young. But what I'm seeing is anchor bolts not being installed flush or vertical or rebar allowed to be in contact with grade.
The most basic things with out doing any design check is not meeting code requirements for basic installation and EOR not requiring...
Yeah I find it adequate to say it's okay that it wasn't installed per AISC or per mfg but the design has been evaluated and accepted but I'm not allowed to say that. I have to write a blanket letters that says everything has been done and meets our plans and specifications which I find to be a...
Wow, nice feed back.
Adjusting to residential has been a task.
At my current place you don't seal unless you become a principal/ owner. I'm hoping as I move up I will have more control over what I agree to. I do have my PE but do not seal here.
So I think that's where the frustration...
I 100% agree and I think your missing my point. I think it's engineering judgement to say what is acceptable or not. Not built exactly but still meets design demand and is acceptable. But to write a letter just saying it was all built to code with out any exceptions is where I have a problem.
Exactly. Sounds a little "industry standard" in residential to say something was built to code when it wasn't. Which is a big yikes. And I don't think that's what JS is saying above. We all took the same PE exam and are held to the same ethics that are given to us by obtaining a seal.
I had posted about ethics in residential and I found that "engineering judgement" gets used when the area is grey which is what judgement is so makes sense, But I'm curious what other engineers residential/commercial think what engineering judgement is.
That's seems so ethically wrong
To just write blanket letters saying everything is good when in fact it deviated and was accepted. That's how that letter should go. I can see why residential Engineering is devalued.
Anything goes.
Yeah that's what I've seen as far as contractors skill level, but even the high end contractors are providing welds that don't meet aws and are over welded and they too can't install proper bolts. My problem isn't that they aren't doing it properly, it's that we are writing a letter saying it's...
So I've been posting on here cause I came from commerical and started at a residential firm.
And things are happening that I wouldn't do in commerical or design that way. I am having a hard time understanding where the disconnect it. At first I thought it was my understanding of residential...
Yeah I feel the same about sealing, it's not some assembly line type process. I want to be the last one to look at and touch the drawings/calculations I seal.
The seal is in pdf and cad with the signature already. You just update the date. So 271828 has the situation correct it's just the seal and signature is one process done by the people at company and not the sole owner of said seal.
I cant find it clearly stated any where, In the state of Colorado are you allowed with permission to seal a set of structural drawings using another P.E. Seal? I havent run it to this before, usually the person sealing it would do a final review and apply thier seal and signature. Some states...
