This is pretty much standard practice in Australia. As far as I can tell based on this forum, it's not popular in the US due to state laws. But there's no state laws here that forbid it; quite the opposite, there's state laws that require an engineer to certify work that they did not prepare or...
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As an example, I was just considering ridge vents that are not uncommon in Region D. I assume this would be local region RA4, leading to Kl = 2.
Or a PA door or small window that's failed. Even if the building is designed for full internal pressure, the local pressure factor would be 1.5. I...
I think applying local pressure factors to the entire internal pressure would be a radical change in the loading and in the design of buildings. Based on my experience, looking back at historical design from the last 70 years, I have not seen buildings have random catastrophic failure that would...
The fact is, the owners can already upload their photos to AI and ask it to assess the crack. I'm not sure how the liability would change if you kept the same terms and conditions etc. as the AI company. I think if you are able to make money from it then it's worth tuning the terms and...
Thanks @human909. I'm swamped with work at the moment but I'm planning on doing some targeted emails once work slows down. I'll let you know how it goes.
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Thanks, that's lots of useful info. Regarding the focus on pain points, I did not know that this should be a central theme to the marketing. I'll think about what I'm doing now and try and incorporate that.
Thanks everyone. I guess I get tired of quoting and people window shopping for an engineer. I'm trying to attract well paid on-going clients that I don't need to do custom quotes for on every single project. And if they don't know I exist then how would they send me work.
Sorry, I mean building...
Thanks all. I have no problem getting work, it's just it seems that the work is the dregs that no one else wants. Essentially if no one wants to do the work then the client will be searching online or asking around. I also generally avoid architects since the work is not time efficient (and also...
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I'm wondering if anyone has any tips on cold emails for the purpose of getting new clients? I am a solo structural engineer and am finding that my current approach, waiting for referrals and advertising online, is getting low quality clients. I'm thinking of picking a well paid industry...
Thanks for this tip. Would you be able to elaborate on methods of doing this? Do you simply ask directly, or do you have a round about way of getting this info? Do you have any other tips on the sales aspect of engineering consulting? I've been trying to learn this recently but it's so...
It all depends on how much you charge. Are you in Australia @human909? What is your typical charge for a project like this? I wouldn't necessarily say no if I had time, but charge an amount where you would be happy doing the work, taking into account opportunity cost etc.
We've done the same. Once you switch to lower case then you wonder why everyone else still does all caps, especially seeing a page full of notes in all caps. I think it's just fear of change?
Thanks phamENG. No, our code does not have guidance for this. Using H/500 for 4.5m tall wall would result in 9mm racking deflection at the upper floor level. Obviously if the bed is shaking back and forth by 9mm during wind then this is a big issue and would make the house potentially unlivable...
Thanks jhnblge. The walls are 90mm steel stud; for this height they would be back-to-back stud. For a normal height lower storey I wouldn't check racking deflection and would only check strength. For this I haven't yet checked racking deflection as I'm deciding on the max allowable deflection of...
