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  1. HuckleberryFinn

    Past-Due Invoices

    Hi All, First, I hope you gentlemen & ladies are doing well today. I wanted to touch base with the group and see how you all were handling unpaid past-due invoices and try to stop some of the bleeding at my own firm. For reference, I'm a sole prop in the Mid-west providing structural services...
  2. HuckleberryFinn

    Trench Drain in Pilecap?

    Greetings all, Just curious on some assumptions you fine folks are using for your pilecap models - are you considering trench drains as openings in your FEA models (if yes, even if you thicken the pile cap the depth of the drain beneath the bottom of the cap)? Thanks in advance! -Huck
  3. HuckleberryFinn

    Wall Collapse at Morton Salt

    http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20141230/river-west/morton-salt-plant-wall-collapses-pouring-salt-on-acura-dealership-cars Somebody is having a really bad day right now - luckily no one was injured.
  4. HuckleberryFinn

    Old Blueprints as Wall art?

    Hi All, Just wondering if anyone has come across any source of old engineering blue prints purchasable online? Our office has a big mural of the prints from the Brooklyn Bridge and I would love to have something similar for a skyscrapper or bridge (especially the Ravenel bridge in Charleston...
  5. HuckleberryFinn

    J Bolt Capacities

    Morning Folks, Apologies if this has been covered in another thread but the quick search I ran did not reveal any useful information. Problem: We are evaluating the existing seismic anchorage of a large silo structure in a poor seismic condition in the US (SDC is an "E"). The Silo is...
  6. HuckleberryFinn

    Huckleberry Finn whines at length about job choices (Thanks Oliver!)

    First, I'd like to thank Oliver J Dragon for the excellent thread title which I am now blatantly stealing. Second, most of this is preamble which is leading to a question that I'd like some help considering. My question is directed to those with experience in structural building consulting but...
  7. HuckleberryFinn

    Structural Engineering Library suggestions

    All, I'm in the process of comparing some books from my own personal library to that of my colleagues in the workplace and quite frankly, I'm finding several of my books somewhat lacking. I was hoping you could recommend/comment on book suggestions listed below? Steel Design - I have the 4th...
  8. HuckleberryFinn

    New Engineer: Need advice-contract/FT circumstances

    All, First, Thanks for reading/commenting on my post, I do appreciate the advice. Second, the Problem Statement: I am a newly minted engineer, fresh out of school(I graduated with my Bachelors in May of 09' and Master's in August of 10'). I have been working with my current firm as a...

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