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I am interested in finding out information on correlation between coordination of construction documents and change orders during construction. Does anyone know of any resources? Thanks.

A construction idea: have the GC shore the ends of the cantilever until the concrete has set up. Tension your rods, accounting for the deflection you will get from the initial load and any additional live load "camber" you need--and then gradually pull the shoring. I would also get on the...

Anyone have any recommendations on a design guide or text book dealing with the design of high rise buildings? I am not necessarily looking for a material-specific book, but will gladly check those out, too. Thanks.

If you truly want to help the owner, copy the client (in our case, usually the architect) and the general contractor to supply a proposed credit to the owner for providing electronic files to the subcontractor, minus the nominal fee for preparing them. The owner gets his money, the engineer...

As is the case in many arenas, it's not what it costs, but what it's worth.

We get calls from fire protection companies asking us to send them our CAD files. We have had some discussions on whether we should bill them for this service, typically a nominal fee of $200 or so, depending on how many files, etc. Invariably, we get resistance from them when they hear we want...

I have used remediation: "The act or process of correcting a fault or deficiency."

My partner and I are in a bit of disagreement about a logo for our company. We don't currently have a "graphic image," just a font with our name. I am of the opinion that because most of our clients are graphics-oriented (architects), a good logo will be an eye-catcher; not the reason they...

I gather from Table 1617 that the limiting height for light frame wood construction is 65'. The prescriptive portion of Chapter 23 limits wood to 3 stories, which is traditionally what we have seen in this area. I was hoping to get feedback on the group's experience in using wood in...

I get a call today from a contractor on a job we are doing. They began pouring the footing for an 18' retaining wall earlier in the day (90F and sunny). The ready-mix trucks stop coming at about 2pm after getting only 10" down of the 20" thick footing. They finally get a hold of me at home...

Don't forget that diaphragm strength may be significantly reduced.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention my alma mater, Clemson, has a Mototsports Engineering program. See this link: http://www.clemson.edu/centers/brooks/miaarticle.htm and search around there a little. There a lot of NASCAR race shops here, just north of Charlotte. Good luck.

onlyadrafter, I guess I am a bit confused still. Say my cell (E14) is "8." My other cells are (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (47) 7 Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 (48) 8 Item 5 Item 6 Item 7 Item 8 (49) 9 Item 9 Item 10 Item 11 Item 12 I can...

Greetings. We are structural engineers and have spent years of writing spreadsheets to do many of our routine calculations. We think we are interested in programming in Visual Basic, but don't know where to get started, if at all. Questions: 1. What are some pros and cons for VB, especially...

I have an Excel (2000), conditional formatting question: I have a cell equal to "8." I also have a list of values in tabular format similar to this: 7 Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 8 Item 5 Item 6 Item 7 Item 8 9 Item 9 Item 10 Item 11 Item 12 I want to...