Thank you both.
KootK, this thread really helped solidify my thinking.
PE, SE
Eastern United States
"If a builder builds a house for someone, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built falls in and kills its owner, then that builder shall be put to death!"
~Code of...
Looking at possibly adding cold formed steel design to our list of services...
While very familiar with coming up with a design fee for conventionally framed building / engineer of record projects, am debating what the best way is to estimate hours of design that may go into a proposal to do...
Was recently engaged to come investigate a lower level deck that had partially collapsed. The shear attachment at the ledger sheared off with two individuals standing near the patio door. The ledger was attached with concrete nails at several feet OC.
Thankfully the collapse was limited in...
Ron's suggestions, while intended to be sarcastic, actually leads to a solution that might work. What if you built columns inside the building but projected outriggers through the wall to support the fire escape?
I doubt it's aesthetics your owner is concerned with...probably feels it is...
Engineering is as much a state of mind as it is a formal education. You are either already of the engineer mindset, or not. It's not a hobby that you can learn.
Sounds like you already might have this realization. And if you feel up to starting school again, then education will obviously...
Great answers...was looking for some good discussion and seems like I got it!
Racooke - I like this format. May change our company resumes to something like this.
PE, SE
Eastern United States
"If a builder builds a house for someone, and does not construct it properly, and the house which...
Does project experience follow the company or the individual who performed the work? This is in the context of listing project experience for marketing purposes.
For instance, take this scenario. As part of company A, an employee carves a niche out as a historic renovation expert and gets...
Molten/Dave - This is some good info. I wanted to get out of the philosophical 'feel good' answers and get to real experiences. I think everyone knows how it should work and can give the quick ideological answers to these type of questions, but it's understanding the execution of this that...
The last post (as of this date) in this thread, http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=366529, makes the joke that new engineers are a liability for the first two years and should actually be paying the organization for putting up with them. While obviously an exaggeration, sadly my own...
Mewoods, your story sounds very much like mine. I was in a good company but the company's focus was never structural. Therefore, it wasn't very exciting. I spent the time studying for the PE and SE and day dreaming. I have since moved to a more specialty structural engineering firm. MUCH...
After my SE, I was ready for a break. Then I went ahead and got started on my MBA. I'll be done in December with that and look forward to not doing any professional development for a while. There is more to life than certifications.
You are on the right track. Don't confuse certifications...
No US code that I know of. It's a serviceability crack control detail.
PE, SE
Eastern United States
"If a builder builds a house for someone, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built falls in and kills its owner, then that builder shall be put to death!"
~Code of...
DVD - that was our initial solution. The problem though is that this presents a QC issue for the client and would like need to be removed after each use anyway. So this idea was nixed.
Racook - good thoughts. In this case, and knowing this client, simple and economical is the right approach...
Tbuelna - that's easy. We are them!
PE, SE
Eastern United States
"If a builder builds a house for someone, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built falls in and kills its owner, then that builder shall be put to death!"
~Code of Hammurabi
OK, really good suggestions here.
Metengr - In your opinion is there a specified distance we could call for as far as removal goes that would likely take care of the heat affected zone? I think the MT test is a good idea but would want to avoid trimming the steel, conducting the test...
A36 if we can get it to work. If needed, the base plate part of the attachment (the part to see the repeated loading) can be specified as whatever.
PE, SE
Eastern United States
"If a builder builds a house for someone, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built falls in...
I started with a binder...now I have a bookshelf! But with structural guys it's a little different. In my Masonry binder, I keep all NCMA TEK bulletins and a half dozen pages of notes I created for bending formulas, etc. In my concrete binder, I keep a pho table and another set of handwritten...
Working on a lifting attachment for a client who is lifting large steel assemblies.
The base plate of the attachment will need to be welded on to an assembly, used to lift the assembly, and then cut off for reuse on subsequent assemblies.
The client has asked "if we torch cut off the base...
I work as a building structural engineer but Mike McCann is spot on...there isn't such a thing as one side being easier or more difficult than the other. Bridges tend to be MUCH more analysis intensive and some of the smartest engineers I have ever worked with work on this side. Buildings tend...
As SteelPE points out, there are several issues. Probably the biggest is that the nails were installed way too tight to allow the siding to slide. I see this all the time.
PE, SE
Eastern United States
"If a builder builds a house for someone, and does not construct it properly, and the...
