CTW & msquared48,
Thank you! I thought that the sewer line will need to be removed.
msquared48,
Yes, the manhole is part of the old sewer line. So if it is filled with sand & CDF, it would be OK to bear the footing directly on it, correct?
Hello,
I have an issue I am trying to assist my client with, who is trying to assist the GC. I designed a gas station canopy which has moment footings. They excavated the site yesterday to pour the footings and found an abandoned sewer line that will lie directly in the way of and under one of...
frv - Exactly the point here. Outsourcing STRUCTURAL engineering outside of US borders for commercial projects located on US soil creates, in my opinion, questionable structural engineering design of these projects. I am not saying that foreign firms are incompetent at all. I would not...
frv - Thank you! The exact point I am trying to get at. I agree, I think it is a disgrace to the structural engineering industry that this is happening and the trend is growing. I am losing business left & right because of this. I don't understand how a firm can pay their insurance &...
I just used the pole barn as an example. This is happening on small commercial projects, too. I have heard that these firms are located mostly in India & China. I just think that if these projects continue to go oversees, engineering firms here will be forced out of business. I know someone...
What is the average structural engineering fee out there? I am getting quite frustrated in quoting projects & getting beat out by firms that claim to draw the structural drawings and seal them for $50 to $100, for something like a 24 x 40 pole barn for example. That's it, $50 - $100 total...
