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    750 AUD per year for Engineer Australia membership. Is it a joke?

    The ironic thing is, EA doesn’t really have any ethics itself. They clearly don’t care about properly assessing engineers' skills — if they did, they wouldn’t be using assessors with no engineering background in the first place. All EA cares about is money, money, and more money. I got my BLA...
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    750 AUD per year for Engineer Australia membership. Is it a joke?

    I never claimed that RPEng should indicate a high level of competence—nor do I believe that one must possess a high level of competence simply to practice as an engineer. What I was specifically referring to is CPEng. A Chartered Professional Engineer designation should represent a high level of...
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    750 AUD per year for Engineer Australia membership. Is it a joke?

    I’m not sure about that. Many countries, including the US, UK, and several in Asia from what I know have similar exams required for chartered engineering status. This is particularly important in fields like structural engineering, where public safety is involved. Two individuals may both hold...
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    750 AUD per year for Engineer Australia membership. Is it a joke?

    I agree that the real world is different from an exam setting. However, exams aren’t just about quick calculations—they can still assess things like conceptual design and problem-solving approaches. As I mentioned earlier, the current process for obtaining CPEng through EA seems disconnected...
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    750 AUD per year for Engineer Australia membership. Is it a joke?

    I’m based in Victoria, and you’re right — CPeng is not mandatory, only RPeng is. However, most people opt for CPeng anyway since they’re applying for registration regardless. Another reason is that the company I previously worked for required CPeng/NER registration and EA membership for senior...
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    750 AUD per year for Engineer Australia membership. Is it a joke?

    The whole process of CPeng is also a joke. There are no exams but just interviews by someone who don’t even have engineering background. All EA cares about is money and money. I don’t understand why CPeng is not a one-off thing. Why the heck do we need to pay for EA every year for nothing and it...
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    750 AUD per year for Engineer Australia membership. Is it a joke?

    And 20 pages of ads that EA makes extra money from their members.
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    750 AUD per year for Engineer Australia membership. Is it a joke?

    What services (if any) do they provide to ask this much? Or they can charge no matter how much they want since CPeng is mandatory?
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    Buckling analysis

    Thank you for your help. There is slab at the bottom that I didnt draw so it is not really a cantilever wall although I made it so when I used strut tie model. The ‘cantilever length’ is around 4m and columns below is 300mm*1000mm Yes the slab is lateral restrained by other shear walls. I have...
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    Buckling analysis

    I have problem analyzing this deep wall when it comes to buckling? What is the length of the wall should I take? Do I need to locally thicken where columns below are or can I use use the wall far way from the column as restraint for two way buckling? Can you please advice?
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