Musco designed the light poles at my children's high school in Canada. They were 70' high. Musco provided a 13 page structural calculation package (sealed by a PE from Iowa). We used his reactions to design the foundation.
You have a very thoughtful question. I think you have also given the answer:
In general, the building codes have minor (rather than drastic) changes in each cycle. In the cases where there are significant safety concerns identified later (aluminum wiring causing fires, asbestos insulation...
MRose98: you appear to be in Newfoundland. Here in Alberta, you can write the NCEES FE exam in either Calgary or Edmonton multiple times per year. There are quite a few oilfield professionals that work both in Alberta and Texas, so APEGA started offering the exams here for Canadian P.Eng.'s to...
Mech and Elec also combine well in the building industry - it is common in my area for small consulting firms to offer both Mech & Elec.
One of my former colleagues did something somewhat similar to what you are describing: he had a Mech Tech diploma and worked in industry as both a Mech and...
My parents bought my twin brother (also an engineer) and I each an HP 48G the summer before we headed off to university. We read the manual and got pretty proficient with them over the next 4+ years. I still have one on my desk in daily use. I'm on my second, and I have two more that I bought...
I'm also late to this thread but wanted to share this photo:
It is an 8' long slide rule that was used by a local high school math teacher. He gave it to me when he had to clean out his house and move to a nursing home.
We recently mounted it in our office and it is quite the conversation piece!
Ben29, we've done this numerous times for Highway Maintenance firms. These buildings keep the snow and rain off of the sand and salt piles. The product is placed and removed with a front end loader.
As Aesur and DaveAtkins propose, we used pilasters to handle the thrust and anchor the PEMB on...
Thanks for the responses MintJulep, IRstuff and BrianPetersen. Your comments all reinforce good engineering practice.
Brian, thank you also for the link. The truck in the article - and the one in the comments - both broke 'in front' of the driving axle.
Is it possible that those failures are...
The sticker on most (all?) truck frame rails state "Heat treated alloy. Do not weld. Cracks may result."
This makes sense to me (HAZ, fatigue, brittleness, dissimilar materials, etc.) so I always design a bolted detail for extensions.
However, I have heard from two different experienced...
My father ran a one-man consulting shop for a few years. His accountant recommended/required working for more than one firm in order to be considered a "contractor" rather than an "employee". My father also had to provide his own laptop, etc.
This has been my experience. My first job out of uni was to work for a one man shop. We did everything: it was glorious! Residential, Commercial, Institutional, Mobile Equipment, Industrial, etc. A lot of small & medium projects and some large ones. The benefit of being in a smaller center...
We have often done similar things in Alberta, especially on Part 4 elements of Part 9 buildings, with drawings prepared by others. We ensure that our contact information is placed on the drawing - as well as our file number - to be in accordance with our PPMP. You could also have them put your...
