Usually depends on if I think it's cost effective. If I have to upgrade my concrete PSI too much, add a ton of rebar, require specialty fill/compaction or flare the column I'll usually tell them to just pour a monolith. I work mostly residential so there special column shapes, rebar over...
I'm the opposite. I have about 50 designers and contractors and don't like anyone to be more than 10%. I take 40% deposits on anything over 6k if they aren't established clients.
I guess you can look at it a couple ways. Contact some local firms or jurisdictions and ask if they think your report is within local professional standards. If they say it's lacking you have an excellent opportunity to improve your product. If you look good compared to other locals then you can...
If you want an easy way to do alternative payments QuickBooks is good. It sends out a link they can use so no direct ACH like Zelle. It's also easy. Fees are in the middle.
I would definitely agree with that simplification of geometry. I would also tell the client it gets them more height and useable width in the dormer. Value engineering is a sweet sweet phrase.
I live in a pretty code heavy place so when a client tells me they want a straight replacement in...
When I do it I will typically use ridge and hip beams to support the rafters. At the ridge/hip connection I king post down to a bottom chord beam. If I can ill try to get 1 or 2 interior load points for the bottom chord to keep the size realistic and avoid exterior footing extensions (easier to...
Can second using digital payment does help. The. They can't do the 'its in the mail' dance.
I do caution people taking retainers or charging up front. As it can lock you into time lines and delivery. It's much harder to drop a bad client if they already paid you. If you do take money up front...
@lexpatrie - Thanks for that post. I feel the same and have had some fights with old timers in my area over these concepts. Felt too new to have a rant but you nailed it.
I've had a senior engineer in my area say that vaulted rafters to a ridge board with NO TIES was acceptable because the wall...
I do a huge amount of remediation and disaster work. Assuming its possible in your area I highly recommend replacing the roof with a truss system. It will likely lead to needing to do some footing extensions where the girder trusses are but you get a far more predictable and reliable diaphragm...
Do you have any background in physics? The things you are saying don't make sense so it's coming off as trolling. You may want to go read up on what EM waves are, wave particle duality, and quantum physics in general.
As the energy of an EM wave/photon increases the wave length decreases. You...
Thats probably what mine is now. I have had years in excess of 50k between multiple clients. That's why I don't work direct with home owners.
There is a large amount of people who think if they don't build it they don't need to pay lol
We already know. It's more that you would have to be extremely selective to what isotopes you are trying to affect and it's probably not the ones you want to. The chart of nuclides has every known isotopes decay information. It's like the periodic table but with far far far more information.
That's not really how it works. There is decay paths where absorption of specific wave lengths will change the isotope or atom number but it's isotope specific and may or may not result in something 'safer'. Go look up the chart of the nuclides.
Not by any mechanism I know of. EM Waves are just light. They go the speed of light in whatever medium they are in or interact with something. The difference between different waves is just frequency.
