I am a little confused on what professional experience means in our profession. The broad definition of professional means "paid to do something" but we often use it to mean "working with a P.E. license".
On the ASCE Salary calculator, one of the criteria is "YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL/MANAGERIAL...
So I just passed my PE Civil-Structural exam and applied for my PE license. I am busy preparing for negotiations with my boss about pay after I receive my license. All of the resources I am finding have little/no pay statistics for structural engineering, just civil. Can I use civil salaries for...
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I struggle with mental blocks when it comes to writing, especially when writing about myself. Would anyone be willing to share their work experience that they submitted with their PE license application so that I could use it as a template? I just need something I can plug my experience...
I passed my pe civil-structural exam, yay!
Does anyone know what the Oregon board is looking for in the "Duties Performed and Representative Projects" section that we fill out on the application for our license? Do they have an example somewhere?
I just want to know how thorough I need to be...
Please help me figure out what I am doing wrong in the attached problem. My calc is in the red rectangle. I got the same answer as the solution up until they solved the equilibrium equations at C (the last step). I summed the forces in the y direction instead of the x and got a different answer...
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Whenever I have a large overturning moment on a continuous footing due to a wood-framed shear wall above, my boss has me check the shear and moment under the footing to determine if it has the necessary capacity. If it doesn't, he says to design the footing as a "grade beam". I have...
See attachment. The red lines are showing where I have plywood diaphragms. How much of the roof wind/seismic loads should I take into the attic diaphragm?https://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=59286b17-ec54-4de6-9885-b6ae4b044b12&file=diaphragms.pdf
I have been tasked with locating these tables and have not been able to find them. My boss thought they were a AWC/ANSI publication. They gave allowable load tables for 1x or 2x lumber sheathing with plywood or OSB placed over the top.
Project backstory: Designing a Timber Truss Roof with 6x6...
I have a 3.5'x18' shearwall I am trying to get to work (No diaphragm at level 2 on a custom home with daylight basement. If I brace the wall out of plane at mid height with a very stiff member (where a floor diaphragm SHOULD have been (thanks architect)) can I justify a smaller aspect ratio...
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I have a project on an existing building where the diaphragm sheathing is 3/4" Tongue & groove Plywood with 8d nails. In the Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic the largest size with 8d nails is 15/32". I am trying to find come extra capacity in this diaphragm.
Is there any...
I have a condition where I need to attach barrier cables to the face of a column flange. The cables intersect with the center-line of the column so traditional barrel and wedge anchors won't work because we can't drill through the flange without hitting the web. Does anyone know of a product for...
