I took the exam last October and I went with the seemingly more popular approach of answering questions based on immediately perceived difficulty. I did not have to label my questions, as they naturally fell into two groups for me: Those I knew what to do immediately or exactly where to go in...
OP, it would depend on what the installation method of the ground anchor is. Traditionally in the industry I work in the ground anchor is installed with little compromise to surrounding soil. An attachment is placed on the end of a skid steer and the anchor is twisted into the ground. In this...
Ah, finally a topic I am familiar with.
Ground anchors (of the helical variety, as sold by Chance and Hubbell Power Systems) definitely receive a mandatory minimum distance between each other. This is a function of the burial depth and angle of friction in the soil which determines the 'cone of...
Been working from home for two years now, as a sole structural engineer in a predominantly manufacturing oriented organization.
No issues with VPN or tying into servers, as all of my required program licenses are docked into my company provided laptop, and all engineering documentation lives on...
XR250, in response to your post above (for some reason the forum is not letting me quote you directly):
I am trying to figure out if MR_E30 is a BMW reference (the best car ever built)
Yes, the hunt for an answer is over. The M and R are my initials, and E30 is most definitely a reference to...
This product does not instill confidence. At all.
I've worked with asphalt. One of my properties has an asphalt parking area. I added a wooden fence next to the house to give the tenants a place to store things outside.
I figured I would need to give it my all to blast through the asphalt with...
retired13, I agree completely. I'd even consider a concentrated live load near one of the windows, as people have a tendency to pile up in an area to catch a glimpse of something happening down below.
I'll agree with dauwerda above as I have used that definition in the discussion of certain projects I have worked on in the past. I have convinced the AHJ that this was an acceptable path forward with the design.
However, under no circumstances and with no AHJ (have successfully completed...
I'll have to echo a few others in this thread. Work isn't everything.
Seems like you make a decent living, especially when you simply throw out the 176,000 number (I have seen the breakdown).
However, no amount of money would ever make me work 800+ overtime hours in a single year. This is...
Daywalker has a great point. Also, if you still need a sill plate for siding attachment (or something along those lines) you could always run sill plates between the columns/posts.
Mimicking others in this thread. DL'ed 18 and was surprised by how it looked relative to 17.
But, going back to 17 (thankfully it wasn't uninstalled) as it just flows so much better for me. 18 is far too clunky/slow with the solutions and in-model selection.
Lots of good input in this thread. I'll throw in my two cents based on my experiences.
My challenges:
1 - Architects. Especially architects who give their clients new ideas/visions at every meeting. And especially architects who think they are structural engineers. This creates a long and...
