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Can somebody please explain to me in simple terms what an upset limit is in terms of a contract for consulting services?

Thanks for the help reference Tom, worked like a charm! Richard

Hi, I have a cylindrical tank (oriented horizontally on integral stands). I am trying to calculate the horizontal force imparted by the tank during a seismic event. Normally we only deal with buildings. Should I proceed with the same type of calculation as what we would do for a building or is...

We are preparing some proposal drawings for a project in Moscow. We are trying to use Times New Roman (Cyrllic) but some of the characters do not display properly on the screen or hardcopy. When we bring up the MText editor all looks fine, however on the screen we get question marks. Can anyone...

EdDanzer, Why will this limit the number of people contributing? Are you assuming that if licensing became required that people wouldn't meet the requirements or that people just wouldn't bother getting the license and move on to another field.

I've been told or have read many times throughout my schooling and intermittently through my worklife that it is important for an engineer to keep a daily journal in order to better limit liability, nevermind to stay focused and organized. Personally, I've tried doing this but get frustrated...

That, my friend, was the kick in the pants I needed this morning. - Spirit of Radio? - been humming away here but still not sure..

Thanks for the reply. To clarify, I can write a summary, but my problem is that I seem to approach it differently every time and I am looking for good information on the proper way to lay it out so that the usual 5 drafts and 30 minutes humming and hawing can be reduced to 2 drafts and 10...

Hi, While I consider my writing skills to be above average, I am still at a loss when it comes to writing a summary to a report or results of an analysis or some other semi-technical letter to a client or colleague. I always seem to manage to get something out in the end, but it never seems to...

I am fairly sure there was an update to the method of calculating the local bearing capacity of beams with respect to web crippling and stiffener requirements. I thought something was updated lately (newer than whats in my S16.1-94 codebook). Can anybody refresh my memory or am I going nuts? RQ

sc, We wouldn't be in competition with them since we would be pursuing small residential-type jobs. Our employers stick to larger commercial/industrial projects and tend to reject the small nitty-gritty projects because they usually aren't worth the effort for what they have to charge the...

A couple of colleagues proposed and idea to me and I'd like to see if anyone here can shoot any holes in it: The three of us are registered P.Eng's working in Ontario Canada. We are all currently full time employees with structural engineering firms which have Certificates of Authorization...

Here's a few that I don't think have been mentioned: 1. To get an efficient depth of open web steel joist for a given span: Span(feet) x 0.65 = Efficient OWSJ depth(inches) 2. For lightly loaded beams, to get a beam depth that won't look ridiculously shallow for a given span...

In our typical structural steel design of commercial/industrial buildings (Toronto area), the column baseplates are normally placed some nominal distance below finished floor. The columns and baseplates usually have a single shop coat of primer and are touched up on site. On one of our current...

Hello, We use a multitude of programs and among the best of them are several DOS design and analysis programs and utilities. Many of these DOS-based programs seem to print triple copies of the output on our LaserJet 4L printer.Everytime we want a 1 page results sheet we get 3. Its not...