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  1. deyrup

    Structural Engineering Subscription Service/Is Structural Engineering Under-consumed?

    @gte447 I think I proved your point with my own question, about the general public being uninformed about exactly what structural engineers do. In general though yes some of my questions are worth spending $500 to get answered; for example we had some settling happen in the house at some point...
  2. deyrup

    Structural Engineering Subscription Service/Is Structural Engineering Under-consumed?

    Thank you for the knowledge! I would have thought there would be a single type of engineer that would do "general building things" in some ways I am surprised there isn't, but there are a lot of systems involved in buildings that require knowledge in more than one field of engineering.
  3. deyrup

    Structural Engineering Subscription Service/Is Structural Engineering Under-consumed?

    Fair enough; I thought they received training in general building science in addition to strictly structural issues. Is there not a type of an engineer that receives training in general building science? I suppose it is ad-hoc learned by general contractors?
  4. deyrup

    Structural Engineering Subscription Service/Is Structural Engineering Under-consumed?

    The issue that I have run into is that I often want to ask a couple of questions to a structural engineer every year. Recent examples are best methods for sound proofing a bedroom, how to most efficiently run a heating system, etc. I can usually find the information on the internet, but it is...
  5. deyrup

    Structural Engineering Subscription Service/Is Structural Engineering Under-consumed?

    I assume that large businesses and governments have this idea for structural engineers by keeping an engineer on retainer for consulting purpose. @1503-44 to further your analogy I would take a hundred pennies over a single quarter if it requires the same amount of work. Even 25 pennies is a...
  6. deyrup

    Structural Engineering Subscription Service/Is Structural Engineering Under-consumed?

    Let me just preface this with saying that I am not trying to sell anything; just curious if the service exists and if it makes sense. I noticed that a couple of other fields have subscription based models; for example there are financial planners that will provide advice for a yearly fee and...

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