Well guys, thanks for your help. I approached the Senior PE and explained the situation in a very respectful way. His response was “I have done it that way for years and nothing has failed”. My response was “yes and it probably won’t, but from this point forward we have an obligation to meet the...
Ron,
I agree, I should have thought about that before I said it. What I meant to say is that I would be more concerned if this were a high rise building and public safety was an immediate concern.
Look, I am attempting to have a casual conversation with other members of the same profession in...
beton 1,
These are environmental structures (tanks) not high rise apartment buildings. Public safety is not really a concern. We do not have to show the codes used on the Plans.
Thanks everyone for your comments.
Hokie66,
The doubling of member thickness is not due to a change in the code, but a misinterpretation of the old working stress code. Basically walls and slabs loaded like beams were sized for an allowable shear stress in the concrete of 2.0 X Sqrt(f’c) where...
Ron,
I agree, that’s why I will not seal a design that does not meet the minimum standards of the latest code being used. However, I don’t see a problem with being slightly more conservative as long as the design meets the current code.
What I really need is some advice on how to approach the...
I work for a smaller consulting firm. I have worked under a PE with 40 plus years of experience for the past five years as an EIT. I received my PE license about two months ago and will be stamping my first project in the next month.
The PE under which I trained directed me to use “old school”...
