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  1. kelowna

    15 story hotel in 6 days

    Incredible, although I cannot stop thinking how much work and time went to prepare for those 15 days and if a convencional construction would have achieved the same in the same amount of 'total' time.
  2. kelowna

    Are all engineers burning out or is it possible NOT to be overworked?!

    In my line of work I have always thought that there are only two situations possible. Overworked or unemployed.
  3. kelowna

    Using Recruiters to find a job.

    I get contacted very frequently with 'wonderful opportunities'. My rules is that I will hear them out, I will supply my resume ONLY if they have a real opportunity and I am interested on it. I only send PDF copies of my resume. I get a firm commitment that they will not supply my resume to any...
  4. kelowna

    Is field welding really that expensive?

    Time is money. Field welding is much slower, has many more quality problems, requires more complex inspections and possible repairs, more qualified labour and involves more complex set up than bolted connections. Having said that, sometimes you have to do what you have to do.
  5. kelowna

    how do you reduce the capacity based on corrosion?

    Sorry delagina, I should have been more specific, you are right, of course, much easier to add new anchor bolts than to replace existing ones.
  6. kelowna

    how do you reduce the capacity based on corrosion?

    In the great scheme of things, replacing a few anchor bolts is a negligible expense on the refurbishment of a structure. I suggest it is considered as an alternative to estimating (or guessing) remaining capacity.
  7. kelowna

    Footbridge collapse in New Delhi

    Update from NCE magazine. http://www.nce.co.uk/news/structures/connecting-pin-failure-suspected-in-delhi-bridge-collapse/8606393.article You have to be a member to read it. I uploaded a print out of the news...
  8. kelowna

    galvanized, weathering, painted steel

    The question is very vague Delagina, what kind of designing do you do? Bridges/buildings/mechanical/industrial? In general the decision of using weathering, painted or galvanized steel will come from analyzing a number of factors, such as location of the structure, use, environmental...
  9. kelowna

    Footbridge collapse in New Delhi

    To me it looks like the deck did not fail, nor the concreting sequence. I cannot see how concreting in any or other way might overstress the hanger to the deck connections, which, for me, is the failure point. There was a new's bit saying that not all the hangers were connected, that would...
  10. kelowna

    Difference between "stability engineer" and "structural engineer&

    Buildings do not have that many problems with stability. And I never heard of just stability engineers. Thinking a bit outside of the box. If they do preliminary designs, would it be possible that they are referring to viability studies?
  11. kelowna

    Structural Steel Shop Drawings

    I would be interested on hearing the opinion of other engineers. In my experience signing and sealing shop drawings is a practice that varies from area to area and from industry to industry. Some companies do it, others not. Some engineering companies require it, other do not. In fact a...
  12. kelowna

    Post-tension tensioning irregularities

    Talk with the designer
  13. kelowna

    Post-tension tensioning irregularities

    Could it be a calculation error?
  14. kelowna

    Tower mast fatigue failure of anchor bolts

    You do not seem to have a lot of information. I would suggest a comparative analysis. If possible, you could take an fatigue prone, exposed weld or other fatigue prone exposed detail on the baseplate area and analyze that detail in fatigue as compared to the anchor bolts. If you prove that the...
  15. kelowna

    Thinking about pursuing an M.B.A. and want to seek help from employer

    In my view you need more experience before doing an MBA. Get your P.E. first. Get good at engineering before you try to expand or move into something else. When I did my MBA I saw a few young kids, too young, too inexperienced studying it and thinking that the MBA was the best thing since...
  16. kelowna

    Design Life of a Steel Structure

    And a star for you csd72 too. Great reference material. It is going directly to my library.
  17. kelowna

    Design Life of a Steel Structure

    Wouldn't it be like asking your doctor to assess your health by e-mail from a couple of pictures and the opinion of the neighbor that did visit you? Crazy!
  18. kelowna

    Where to put most recent, but unrelated experience

    Just a thought. Why not add another heading to the resume called 'other experience'or something like that. That way it is there but it does not distract from the main points on your experience.
  19. kelowna

    Design Life of a Steel Structure

    I get it now. Increased maintenance on older structures is a fact, and an economic analysis can be made comparing increased maintenance costs v.s. replacement cost, but that will be fairly unique for each structure. I think the main point is, again, assessing the structure, determining in which...
  20. kelowna

    Design Life of a Steel Structure

    Is it me, the posting not being clear or are you a bit confused? The design life on a steel structure is not a 'best before date', it is just an statistical number given by the appropriate design code or client! It is used to calculate things like fatigue, environmental loads (wind...

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