I think this is a trend that will continue. The idea is to approach all engineering problems with the same design framework.
I think since you are young Adam, there is no reason why you cant learn and adopt both methods, either way it makes you are far more rounded engineer.
I would also be interested to know....
I am from australia, I remember hearing that Americans perfer steel in buildings because the Cost/availability of concrete is not the same as Australia, and hence steel is as just as easy, if not easier for construction. Would be interesting to know if...
Be sure to only include the temperature difference on certain elements.
For example, in the australian code we have a case can have cases of say +22 or -20 degrees for exterior elements. But in interior buildings, there is only the need for crack control reinforcement, which is usually...
I think what ali07 has said makes an interesting point.
Due to the location over the secondary beam it would be interesting to know if you can see cracks near the main beam support. In becoming a pin there would be significant increase in compressive force at the top layer of the secondary...
