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  1. VSS Engineering

    SE Exam

    I will be taking the 16 hour SE exam in April of 2025. i have been studying off and on over the past couple years when time allowed. Now that I'm less than a year from the exam, I will need to begin studying much more regularly. I also plan to take a review course prior to taking the exam...
  2. VSS Engineering

    Penthouse Risk Category

    My team is designing a grandstand, which we have done quite a few of over the years. This one in particular has a press-box at the top that is designed by a different engineer. We're having a bit of a disagreement on the risk cat. for the press-box design. The press-box EOR is dictating the...
  3. VSS Engineering

    Slenderness Ratio for Architectural Structure

    Thanks for the input. We are designing for the 5 psf interior lateral load, the trees themselves have relatively little area to catch any lateral loads so we have not had any issue with axial or bending stresses in the column. We are able to achieve a completely fixed base for these columns as...
  4. VSS Engineering

    Slenderness Ratio for Architectural Structure

    My team is designing Faux Trees that will be on display inside a building at a resort in Florida. The trees themselves have a self-weight of about 2,500 lb fully assembled and stand 32' tall. The customer is wanting to use HSS 4.5 x 0.337 Pipe. The pipe easily passes design checks from...

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