What is structural engineering, Part 2
What is structural engineering, Part 2
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The best definition I ever heard was:
" A structural engineer is a person who can design something to be built for one dollar that any damn fool could get built for two".
" A structural engineer is a person who can design something to be built for one dollar that any damn fool could get built for two".






RE: What is structural engineering, Part 2
"The art of molding materials we do not wholly understand into shapes we cannot precisely analyze so as to withstand forces we cannot really assess in such a way that the community at large has no reason to suspect the extent of our ignorance."
RE: What is structural engineering, Part 2
I love structural engineering itself but there are some things I wish I could change about it as a career.
RE: What is structural engineering, Part 2
The quote you list is my favorite and is posted right here on my office wall. I saw it attributed to Dr. A. R. Dykes in Desktop Engineering Magazine.
Non-engineers are often shocked when I tell them that the quote is precisely true and accurate.
RE: What is structural engineering, Part 2
RE: What is structural engineering, Part 2
Along the lines of haynewp's quote, we live by "You can have it Fast, Cheap or Correct...Pick TWO."