So here goes more posting about liability of being a professional engineer...
Can I include an idemnification clause in my contract, and if so, will it protect me against lawsuits from the client and general public.
For example, I do some engineering work for John Swearingen. I put a clause in...
I've been approached by a local university to create loft bed plans that they can provide to new students. I won't be making the beds themselves, just the plans.
What liability will I incur by doing this? How long will the liability last? How can I limit the liability?
I've been approached by a university to design a plan for a lofted bed typically found in college dorms.
Are there any structural codes that I can use as reference for the load capability of the fasteners, joints, and wooden members?
My design will be more than robust. But I would like to be...
I'm considering doing communications tower structural analysis for part-time consulting work. My client base would be amateur radio operators installing towers in their backyard.
What kind of analysis techniques might be appropriate for laods on radio towers? I did quite a bit of research and...
I posted this in a different forum - hopefully this forum is a better place to post it.
In Anchorage, AK, a man built a 25 foot tall snowman in his front yard. The city disapproves and says the structure is unsafe without doing any sort of engineering analysis.
If I was an Alaska PE, I think...
Where can I find a linetype made up of heavy dots for AutoCAD?
I need this to complete my PE stamp in AutoCAD. The Montana stamp uses a circular pattern of heavy dots instead of a solid line as shown here http://www.engineerseals.com/order/montanape.php)
Do you know where I could find such a...
I was wondering if anyone on here has created their own electronic PE stamp? I just received my license and ordered my embosser but would like to make my own electronic seal. (Yes, the state I'm licensed in allows use of electronic seals).
Has anyone done this, and if so, how do you do it?
Hi all,
I'm really struggling with a quandry at work, and am hoping that you can share some information with me so I can make a better engineering decision. Basically, I've joined a new group where the senior engineers like to dimension everything using coordinate dimensions rather than...
I'm getting some pressure from my lead to release drawings that I don't consider ready for manufacturing to build. Basically, the new group I'm with is used to dimensioning everything in coordinate tolerances. I'm skilled at GD&T, and knowing what I know about GD&T, the drawings I've been asked...
I'm looking for some schools that offer on-line short courses for engineers (ones that offer CEU's rather than graduate course credits.)
Has anyone on here seen some and can tell me which schools offer them?
I did about an hour's worth of searching on the internet tonight and found a rather...
We had a big meeting at work today and I found out that they are going to require mandatory Saturday shifts for the engineers working on my program. The company estimates that the mandatory Saturdays will last for 4 months, though it could easily last longer than that.
I'm happy about it. I...
Does anyone know of college or universities that offer courses in on-site septic system design?
I'm considering this for a potential use of my professional engineering license for residential customers. There's demand in my area for this type of work, but I'd like to take some education to...
I've read on here that some engineers get asked to do "free" work - neighbors, friends, church goers, etc, to do some engineering work for free.
I'm wondering exactly what have you been asked to do for free? I've never encountered the need to hire an engineer in my lifetime, so I'm a little bit...
I was wondering about the PE Stamps/Seals. Can anyone advise if the wet stamp is preferable over the embossed seal or visa versa? Or is it preferable to have both?
I'd appreciate any info you have.
I'll be taking the PE exam here on October 24th and, with luck and fast writing, I'll be a PE by the end of the year.
Should I end up purchasing a stamp and actually sign off on drawings, I surely understand that I will be assuming liability for the things I'm stamping off on. What kind of...
I saw that the IRC will start requiring sprinkler systems in all single family properties in 2011.
Being a person who grew up in rural lands - farm country - how will this work for a person a long ways from neighbors? I am wondering specifically how does the sprinkler system get turned off if...
I'll be sitting for the PE exam (practices and principles) this October in Mechanical. Part of me wonders why I am spending $400 and hours of time to get an engineering license not required in my field (I'm a Boeing engineer). I have a lot of personal reasons for wanting to have the license, but...
