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@GaryHStr thank you for your kind words. @NorthCivil thanks for the kind words as well. I do think about ideas now and then for creating software that could help structural engineers. Your example of the wind calculation software is a great example, it's simple and has a clear value...

Not for me, it never felt like a chore. By the way, I'm checking out your calc.app site and it's awesome! Well done. Done with React too, did you have someone helping you or you learned all that by yourself? Doing something similar would be one of the first things I did if/when I come back to...

Why do you say that @kissymoose?

@KootK, great question, I have a lot to say about that. This will also address @canweteng's comment. Software development was everything I dreamed it would be. What I enjoyed most about structural engineering was building out spreadsheets that automated a lot of my work. I thought if I could do...

Amazing feedback so far, I really appreciate it. @skeletron, I was licensed, yes and I would say my experience was really quite good. I also plan to dive head first into professional education. Honestly I'm quite hard charging into whatever I do, so I'm not worried about getting up to speed...

Hi, I left structural engineering in April of 2019 (in Ontario, Canada) to pursue a career as a software developer. It has been a great career in a lot of ways, but I was recently laid off due to economic forces. I'm sure most of you have heard of the mass lay offs happening lately. This has...

I agree with @Rob416. I have gotten all my jobs by applying directly and never through recruiters or job postings. I always found someone to contact directly and chat. I once cold called someone that worked at the company because they used to work at the company I was working for at the time...

Yes, this is a 5 storey concrete building. Every wall between units is concrete so that building is very stiff. 1) Given how many shear wall this building has, the storey drifts will be very small and so there shouldn't be much damage to these beams. 2) Yep, understood. 3) Excellent, this is the...

This is a question I've been wondering for a long time and am finally going to ask to get to the bottom of this (hopefully). Now, I've mainly done steel buildings with steel framed stair and elevator shafts, so this is the first time I'm having to design concrete stair and elevator shafts. My...

Agent666 I took a quick look and this looks like a great resource, thank you. Even though it's based on UK practice, I'm sure I'll learn something new.

cliff234 I will take a look at Profis for this. I have it installed on my computer but never use it. At least not in a couple years. Thank you for your comments regarding constructability. TehMightyEngineer That's an interesting idea. I've seen before, someone welding long pieces of rebar near...

In reference to the book Reinforced Concrete Design: A Practical Approach by Brzev & Pao. I highly suggest getting the latest 3rd edition. I used to have to first edition in school and this 3rd edition is very very much an improvement in terms of quality and quantity of the content.

Thank KootK. It's a fairly common item, yet of all the textbooks and resources I have, none of them discuss it (although, up until now, I've never had to design one).

Are there any guidelines on how best to design embedded plates for steel beams located on a corner of a stairwell or elevator shaft that is acting as a shear wall and therefore contains concentrated reinforcement? What should I be considering when looking at this situation? I feel like there is...

Thanks KootK. Being in somewhat of a silo at my current company, this website is invaluable and I really appreciate everyone's help.

Thank you for your response OldBldGuy. I just needed a sanity check.

This seems like a straightforward question but, given the picture below, do you see any issues with this offset? The architect is adamant on having the piers flush with the outside face of the foundation wall. I'm only worried about the locations where we will have braced frames. With the...

JAE I agree with all your points. It has been my experience that there are far more errors on drawings done by drafters. Only the very few, very best drafters are on par with what I would expect in terms of speed and low error count.

saxlamag I have not taken a course yet. I'm still on the fence about taking one.

How is that exactly, that you feel safe then? All I see is potential for getting dragged into dispute/court where to contractor tries to make a case that it's my fault either way. Even if his argument comes down to my detail/instruction/drawings wasn't clear enough, or I saw it and didn't say...