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RayGon, here is a recent seminar that should have some answers for you. There is an explanation of the testing regime which resulted in the latest AS3700 release. "Infrastructure Thought Leaders Series: Masonry use in High Rise Construction" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPew-D5RBX4

The exact same is happening here in Australia. To a hammer everything is a nail, and to a bureaucrat the solution to every problem is more paperwork. In the past we could spend 90% of our brainpower focusing on the design and drawing. Now, if we're lucky, 20% of our brainpower is on the design...

Let me try and understand this, please correct me if I am wrong. Your argument is that female doctors would have preferred to study engineering/mathematics if female and male doctors were paid the same?

So dentistry is not high paying? Medicine is not high paying? Law is not high paying? Accounting is not? Business is not? Every other subject except for Engineering and Math is not high paying? I have a close female friend who studied Chemistry. Most off her colleagues during her PhD were...

One thing that is never mentioned in any media is that women are in fact the MAJORITY of science students in university. The 'S' and 'T' in STEM are female majority. This is true throughout the western world in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia. Women are the majority in science and have been...

It looks like in the image that GC_Hopi posted, there was another core drilled hole next to the post which is why it cracked. Probably the builder misplaced the first hole and drilled a second one, so I wouldn't really count that photo as normal. What about U-bolts and J-bolts for fixing of...

oldestguy, I agree with everything the OP has written and simply say that he/she is not in the wrong here and that the problem lies with the local authority.

To the OP, this is really not your problem. It is the owner's problem to resolve. I assume your contract with the owner was along the lines of: "as a professional engineer, to inspect and assess the existing basement walls and slab and provide a report on the safety etc". If you have done this...

Based on my experience certifying these balustrades, I would recommend that your first avenue is to contact the balustrade suppliers and see if they have testing reports of balustrades for your configuration. Most of these have been tested in a lab to show compliance and not necessarily with...

No, my point is that there are many reasons why there would be disparities in income between races or sex. But it seems to be in vogue at the moment that the 'evil white man' is the one and only reason why there are disparities. Focusing so heavily and dogmatically on this one theory, which has...

IRstuff, the obvious logical inconsistency in your argument is that Asians earn and have always earned considerably more than whites. Are you also saying that there is systemic racism against non-Asians? And if we are now excluding certain races from our arguments for the purpose of making an...

IRstuff, I am not denying that there is unequal female participation in STEM fields, in the same way I am not denying there is unequal male participation in humanities. I am also not denying that unemployment within blacks is higher than whites, in the same way I am not denying unemployment...

Chloe Angyal, one of the editors, tweeted "Our goals for this month were: less than 50% white authors (check!), Asian representation that matches or exceeds the US population (check!), more trans and non-binary authors (check, but I want to do better)."...

Has anyone actually taken 5 minutes to look at real statistical data? Or is referencing Huffington Post the way to go? Bearing in mind that Huffington Post have publicly stated that their goal is to discriminate against white people. Personally, I find it not surprising that a majority white...

solid7, you're fighting a losing battle. Even if you provide inextricable evidence that low female participation is not caused by sexism then people will always counter with personal experience. And if the personal experience was had in a STEM workplace, then it is automatically attributed to...

In my opinion this has nothing to do with the beam load. The beam load is so small it wouldn't have any affect on the brickwork unless it was directly over the middle of the door opening and I don't think the cracking would be in that pattern. Based on the photo I assume this wall is at the...

Thanks for your help rowing

Hi Guys, just wondering if anyone can share their thoughts on this one as I want to get out of the office bubble of thought. I'm designing framed glass balustrading for a 9 storey (approx. 30m tall) apartment block on the outskirts of the city centre (Wind Region A). All the surrounding...

Yes, for the typical woman this is obviously the case and has been scientifically proven. But sociology professors believe it is their intrinsic duty to oppose evidence based science and they have created their own 'science' which fights against evidence. Just watch...

In my opinion, at least in Australia, the saturation of the engineering market (and the engineering shortage lie) has nothing to do with employers or employees. And especially has nothing to do with xenophobia, racism, bigotry etc. If there are 1000 applicants and only 10 positions, the 990...