Similar to another post about wastewater eng salary. I live in Southern California, but I went to school in another state where I recieved my B.S. in Civil eng. I had about 6 months of experience as an intern at a structural company before I applied for my current job and that was 8 months ago...
I was just emailed a bunch of plot files with the extension .plt and all I want to do is plot them. I can't open them in autocad 06 so any advice as how I should plot these files?
Thanks
I have recently posted here, about a month ago about a new job at a structural company. Since then things have changed, but I am not too sure what the norm is for other EIT's just starting at a structural company, so I would like to throw aout a few questions:
How close do you work with the SE...
Sorry but I forgot to thank the guys that provided helpfull advice. I think that maybe I expected a little too much at first and that I should just try and learn all I can for now and enjoy the work, which I do very much. I just want more actual "engineering" work, but I guess that will come...
hanks for all of the information.
First off what I said, "Any comments would be appreciated, since another viewpoint is always good to see things from" I guess I assumed that the comments would be constructive and not,
"After 3 weeks you should be confident about where the toilets are and how...
Thanks to the people that have provided helpfull comments, but they I am a little amazed at some of the comments made by others.
Here are a few:
1) From Livingston
"Your previous work has little bearing at this point on how they see you" What I thought that is what a resume was for. If I...
In my previous internships I have calculated wind, E-quake loads, DL & LL and then designed wood framing systems for these loads, and then submited them to the SE for his corrections. Looking through books of anchors and Simpson connectors will do me no good unless I have a specific job or task...
I recently graduated with a BS in civil eng, and I have had internships with 2 structural companies. I recently moved to another state and I applied at and was hired at a small structural engineering firm. I was told that i would be doing more then just calculations and engineering, which was...
I am just curious as to how many people use ASD or LRFD for wood design. I am a new graduate and I have learned ASD wood design, but I think that LRFD may be more efficient as well as less cumbersome.
Any thought?
