As a former carpenter I would also say I really miss being so little out in the field. I know this vary from firm to firm, but in my current job we're basically never at the site. Most of the projects I've participated in I've only seen photos off or cameras on the site.
Thank you for all the wonderful replies and sorry for the late response. Another busy week in consulting. :)
Great. thanks. I don't mind working for sure. But I think what you do when working matters.
Sounds great. Thanks.
Good suggestion. Thanks! Bridges is a big thing here in Norway, so...
All great suggestions so far. Thank you! :)
A fitting analogy may be relationships. If you get into a bad relationship it doesn't mean every other woman is terrible and you should become a monk. Maybe I've just been in the wrong part of the industry so far.
To be clear, my experience so far...
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The project was now completed with my conservative solution, but it's been a subject of discussion at the office and I can't say we seem to be in agreement on what's the right solution here for the column size at the bottom.
To be honest, I feel that's common in engineering. At...
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I've worked in construction my entire life. 12 years as a carpenter before I graduated as a civil engineer and landed a job as a structural engineer which I've had for 7 years now. I work in a firm which mostly designs high rise buildings and my focus is on detailing the project...
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I just started on a project which have precast concrete walls supported on columns. Please see attached picture. The concrete walls support hollow core slabs on both sides with fairly large spans (not shown on picture) leading to fairly high loads on this structure (around...
