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    2024 Firm Personnel Changes

    As we approach 2025, I am hugely curious to see how your structurally-inclined (or otherwise, feel free to join in) engineering firms have changed in the last year. Also looking to hear your stories about your journey in the profession, your thoughts, advice, and any significant moves in your...
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    Name of this roof slab supporting fabric with wire mesh?

    Greetings Eng Tips folks, I hope you're doing well. I am working on a building with a concrete roof poured over some sort of plastic fabric with steel wire woven into it (picture attached). I was wondering if anyone can recognize the fabric with wire mesh and let me know what it's called. I...
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    Tablet compatible apps for markups, calcs, sketches, etc.

    Hey everyone, thank you in advance for any tips, tricks, or apps you might recommend. I am doing lots of google searching, but I've never found a better resource for practicing structural engineers than this forum and wanted to drop a line to you folks, since a lot of you have similar day-to-day...
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    Just for fun: can anyone identify the purpose of these machines I found in a basement?

    Just for fun. I found some deteriorated wheeled machines in an uninhabited basement and I'm trying to satisfy my curiosity as to their use/purpose. I was walking through some ~80 year old brick rowhomes to survey rotten floor joists. I wanted to get more pictures and try to clean them off/nerd...
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    Erection of Wood-Framed Salt Dome

    I've driven past these things my entire life and never given them much thought. I had my first site visit at one today that needs repairs and was genuinely surprised to learn that it was wood-framed. I am hugely curious--does anyone know how these are erected? The client mentioned that it is...

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