Good Evening Everyone,
Although my posts are few and far I truly appreciate how much knowledge I receive from this community, so thank you.
I have a residential remodel project that I am in the beginning stages of design for. A deck will be built and attached to an existing concrete masonry...
Happy New Year Everyone,
With the changing year, I always try to ride the momentum in the air and assess new ways I can improve as an engineer and small business owner. My question is:
What are your go to publications that you subscribe / pay for in order to continue to learn about ever...
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After a client meeting, it has been decided to 'open up' a space a bit more and utilize a vaulted ceiling for an area of the structure that does not have a continuous floor joist (rafter tie) and would not have a collar tie (conflicting with the ceiling desired).
I am...
Good Morning everyone,
I am in the process of the shear design for an A-Frame residential unit and am wanting to model the shear response of the structure properly. At one end of the unit (Elevation A), the gable end wall is balloon framed and is not connected to the second floor platform...
Good Afternoon all,
I am tasked with the preliminary design of a fireplace renovation in which the header will be revised from a dropped condition to a raised condition. This is in part due to the new gas burning fireplace that will be installed in the fireplace insert that will need more...
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I had an interesting thought this afternoon after viewing an Australian documentary on architecture. The architect had placed a CMU block wall inside of the single story house (using primarily as an aesthetic feature) BUT rotated half of the blocks 90 degrees (along the...
Good Afternoon everyone,
I want to inquire if anyone has great suggestions / recommendations for learning more about "mountainous" residential structural engineering apart from code publications.
I understand the different factors that arise from beginning the structural design of a...
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I have a local steel and iron company that will be installing a faux - pot belly - wrought iron balcony railing over an existing full height second story window (twin 36"x80" fixed window), please refer to the image below. I am being told by the company that because the single...
Good afternoon everyone, I was hoping for a discussion on the expertise / applicability of choosing a roof system based on structural serviceability. It is my understanding that in situations like the one I am about to describe, the savings in labor / current state of the supply of materials may...
