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  1. JackTrades

    Professional Liability Coverage

    Thank you all for the helpful advice. It seems that, as a minimum, I should have my lawyer review the owner's policy.
  2. JackTrades

    Professional Liability Coverage

    I am presently working as a contract employee for a small structural engineering firm and have been told that I am covered by their professional liability (E&O) insurance policy. I don’t believe that this is typical. While I understand that whether I'm covered or not would be determined by the...
  3. JackTrades

    Unqualified 'project managers' directing technical detail on projects

    As a variation on this theme, I left my last position due to PM's (who were all registered professional engineers) chronically battling us (the EOR's) regarding the time we deemed necessary to cover design requirements, while withholding design funds and truncating design schedule timelines in...
  4. JackTrades

    Salary question !

    Data Point: 2011 Louisville, KY BSCE, MS, PE, 25 years experience, $89k, good bennies
  5. JackTrades

    Delusions of becoming a SE?

    I managed to learn quite a bit of structural engineering while working in a in a public works department. Usually the smaller, less complex projects don’t require a lot of review. If you've passed the PE with the structural depth section and the CA seismic, you're in better shape than a lot of...
  6. JackTrades

    Box Beam Configuration

    Thanks to you all for your advice. I end up designing a bridge every couple of years, usually of a configuration that I hadn't previously done before, and this forum and your assistance is greatly appreciated. -Jack
  7. JackTrades

    Box Beam Configuration

    I'm in the initial design stages of a 40-foot span x 18-foot roadway box beam bridge (which will be subject to loads greater than HL-93) and have two questions: 1. Would either of the two (file attached) superstructure configurations have an advantage over the other for design or...
  8. JackTrades

    Diaphragm wall extension

    Thank you all for these valuable comments. I'll provide these suggestions to the design team geotech for consideration. -Jack
  9. JackTrades

    Diaphragm wall extension

    I've been presented with a problem concerning an existing tied-back diaphragm (or slurry) wall in which an additional excavation to 15 feet below the bottom of the wall is required. One solution put forth is to place an additional diaphragm wall at the face of the existing, extending down to a...
  10. JackTrades

    Reinforced Concrete PIpe

    I find myself in the position of needing to assess the load carrying capacity of an existing 132" diameter RCP that will have an additional 10 feet of compacted fill placed over it to serve as a levee. The 1972 record drawings indicate only that it falls under the requirements of ASTM C76, but...
  11. JackTrades

    Best engineering market (i.e. city for it)?

    3doorsdwn, I really appreciated your thorough review of the situation there in Greenville. I'll do my mid-term career planning accordingly. The situations you described pertaining to the lack of respect for the profession seem to be endemic to both large private and public sector entitites. My...
  12. JackTrades

    Best engineering market (i.e. city for it)?

    3doorsdwn, For several years now my wife has wanted us to move to the Greenville area as she has a brother in the area and is hoping that if we move there she can convince her parents to join us. I was hoping that the number of large engineering companies in town would make obtaining permanent...
  13. JackTrades

    PEMB Relocation

    Thanks to all of you for your advice. I've recently found that there are shop drawings which supposedly indicate the loads for which the structure was designed and that they'll be made availble soon. Also, I believe that this is a relatively new (2 years) design and so should hopefully fall...
  14. JackTrades

    PEMB Relocation

    Here's a new one for the books: I've been asked to propose on design and construction services for a 40,000+ SF PEMB that was originally manufactured for a location and end use that are different from that required by the present owner. The components are crated up on the new site and need a...
  15. JackTrades

    Your Opinions on ASCE

    I'm in complete agreement with civilperson. I've kept my membership for the last dozen or so years primarily for the group life insurance. But it's becoming less of a bargain as I get older. And the $200+ dues per year for two magazines (that were mostly showcases for the designs of their major...
  16. JackTrades

    Precast/Prestressed Concrete Box Girders

    Your picture indicates a RR bridge unless you were not intending that as part of the description. If so, you should get a copy of the AREMA Code.
  17. JackTrades

    structural engineering grad school: which courses?

    I would highly recommend that you do not go the thesis route unless you plan on continuing on and getting a PhD. My advice concerning coursework, if you intend a career as a design enginer, is to take as many design related courses as you can. Advanced steel and concrete, masonry, wood, and a...
  18. JackTrades

    Irregular Box Beam Bridge

    Thanks Qshake. I didn't really intend to support the right side of the slabs on fill but I didn't add the support beam on the drawing. I may actually have to support that right side on piles as there is a weak clay layer about 25' below the creek bed and very prone to inducing settlement...
  19. JackTrades

    Irregular Box Beam Bridge

    Qshake - I took Crossbeam's advice, re-looked at the abutments, and came up with what's shown on the attached sketches. I'll look at using the I-girders as you've suggested as see if I can get an acceptable structure depth...
  20. JackTrades

    Irregular Box Beam Bridge

    Drumchaser - I'll look into slab beams. Thanks for the suggestion. The curved plate girder may very well be the way to go but, without much of a background in LRFD steel design and an RTA of mid-May (along with several concurrent smaller projects) I'd better stick with a more familar material...

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