Thanks all for the input.
After speaking more with the client, they are willing to pay for continuing education, and are open to me doing engineering work on the side.
So, I think I am going to give it a go, and hopefully I'll be able to keep my engineering skills somewhat sharp.
After a year...
I have been offered a job by a current client as a project manager/estimator. It is a very good offer with a 14% increase in salary, some nice perks and possibly very good bonuses.
However, I would not be performing any engineering, or utilizing my license.
While I would not be advancing my...
Thanks for the quick replies.
Cody, that's is pretty much the exact process I'm using.
KootK, I share your hesitation about using live load in the jacking up deflection calc since its "not really there". However, I'm also trying to keep any induced stress (from the deflection) in the existing...
A brief overview:
I'm working on a project in which the client wants to move a existing column. The column supports two 100' trusses. I do not want to try and reinforce the existing trusses, so I have designed a new transfer truss to provide support at the column to be removed.
The new transfer...
Thanks for all the comments (and the article). But, maybe I wasn't quite clear in what I was looking for.
I would like to find certification training programs which will also count towards my PDHs.
For example the ACI offers a Concrete Field Testing Grade I Certification, it counts for 4.75 PDHs...
Thanks for the tip Maui.
I already looked through my state's (MD) requirements and I believe any professional/technical engineering society is a pre-approved PDH provider. But I'll be sure to double check the fine print before I pony up any money.
I'm a relatively new PE and am looking into what classes/seminars I can take to fulfill my professional development hours. Many of the engineering societies offer classes for different certifications that also count for PDHs. So I figure I might as well earn a certification while getting them...
I know that AISC design guide 1 provides recommended hole sizes for anchor rods in base plates. My question is if these same recommendations apply when you are using post installed anchors?
It seems to me that with post installed anchors you can remove most of the field fit-up issues that need...
Thanks for the responses. That is a good nomograph, especially with the steel included.
But, they are not looking for concrete foundations.
They want a detail or series of details for when they go to a site with X soil it tells them they have to dig down Y number of feet replace and compact...
A client in the natural gas industry has asked me to develop some standard foundation details.
Apparently it is common in many areas of the country to place large equipment skids directly on an engineered fill as a foundation.
What I am looking for is some good references or a design guide to...
Thanks for the reply and the article.
I actually calculated the force based on the mass and deceleration. However, this lead to a excessively large force, i.e. more than what AASHTO has for the 50 mph case.
I am sure this due to the physics equations not accounting for the large amounts of...
I have been tasked with designing a wall to prevent a tanker truck from sliding off the back of a unloading pad. The pad and the wall will be separate structures.
The design criteria is for a 80k truck going 10 mph and losing control due to icy conditions.
I was looking at using AASHTO table...
Thanks for all the input.
I would agree with you JAE, it would be difficult the develop depth of knowledge in a field as encompassing as architecture. I usually think of Architects as generalists and engineers as specialists.
That being said, I would assume I would gravitate towards...
This is primarily a post for the few of you who have dual licenses in civil/structural engineering and architecture.
A little background first. I have my BS in architectural engineering and have several years of experience working in structural engineering firms. I am currently applying to take...
