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...
HDStructural,
My company is very small, about as small as they come. My current multiplier is 3.4, including benefits. The raise I want to ask for would keep me at the same multiplier, but my pay would increase due to the fact that we bill more for PE's. Does that sound reasonable?
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...
ChorasDen,
How many representative projects did you include in your experience section? I was thinking 3 per year (12 total) seems like enough but I am not sure.
Eng16080,
Thank you so much. That is so incredibly helpful. I didn't even think about the project outcome part. I have 2 big projects that I am very proud of that were never actually built do to scope of work cuts for budget. Should I still include those?
Eng16080,
For example:
-designing the gravity and lateral force resisting systems for a two-story concrete parking garage.
-designing the gravity and lateral force resisting systems for a two-story steel parking garage.
-designing concrete retaining walls for soil, emergency vehicle surcharge...
ChorasDen,
Thank you, that is very helpful. Yes, I am applying in Oregon. I have heard that the board is not super strict here, but they also give little to no instruction on how to describe our experience.
Hi all,
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...
Hello,
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
Craig_H,
You are correct. That is what I am looking for. The tables were created for retrofit applications where the horizontal lumber roof sheathing was left on the roof while structural panels (OSB or plywood) were placed on top and long fasteners were installed to penetrate into the members...
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...
phamENG,
I don't know that much about FTAO but I unfortunately don't have the budget to learn it for this job. We thought about using the timber truss as a last resort but it would certainly complicate the job by mixing two different LFRS (the timber frame doesn't cover the whole building). I...
phamENG,
There is no diaphragm to run a collector to, unfortunately.
jayrod12,
The studs here should be able to take the out of plane wind load, I am only worried about breaking this wall into two pieces somehow to get around aspect ratio limitations.
