Books/Software to learn: Structural Residential Design 2

[rcast044]

Hi Everyone,

I am a structural engineer with 4.5 years in bridge design in Florida and just recently obtained my PE license. I just got took a new job in residential design which is a big change in both code knowledge and expertise (AASHTO to ASCE/FBC/IBC). The main focus is 1-2 story residential dwellings with the occasional light-commercial building. I replaced the main structural engineer here so will do a lot of self-learning to grasp everything. It seems Enercalc is the software of choice that he used.

I was wondering if anybody had a good starting point on where to focus my time on, either specific books or software to maximize my learning efficiency in this new field. Anything advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[rcast044]

You guys have been an incredible help. Thank you for your time and advice on propelling me forward in this field. I will try my best to light read different magazines and reference manuals to get a good grasp on all the new information in the upcoming months ahead.

 

[StrucDesignPE]

If your looking for small bites of Masonry design - stuff that is useful and easily digested - I would look at all the NCMA TEKs you think would be applicable to the design work you may be doing.

This link is to an index of the TEKs:

http://ncma-br.org/pdfs/57/2016-10 TEK Index.pdf

This link is to where you can download the individual TEKs by topic/number as listed in the index:

http://ncma-br.org/e-tek-nbs.asp

These are all free.

 

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