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  1. Watermelon

    Bracing for construction

    Okay, I thought you were the structural engineer. So you must be the contractor. You might want to consider the following suggestions. 1. Incorporate as many turns as possible while constructing the wall to give it lateral stability. 2. Talk with structural engineer to find out what...
  2. Watermelon

    Would this Fly?

    Hello: Good response from RDK. I'd like to add some of my thoughts. There are a few engineers out there who will produce a drawing and then never inspect the work. I think this practice is criminal. So my question is this: "How will you excuse yourself from the office to drive across...
  3. Watermelon

    Bracing for construction

    Historically, church walls were designed with huge windows and high, vaulted ceilings. This made buttresses necessary. The idea of the buttress is to carry the horizontal thrust from the vaulted roof, and to provide lateral support for the wall. As walls got higher, the buttresses got bigger...
  4. Watermelon

    truss missing

    When you say the inspector won't accept it, neither should you! Tell your client he's nuts. Rip off the roof and put the trusses in at 24-inch centers, or have new trusses built in place as ctruax suggests. Keep a written record of the incident and make sure the building inspector is kept...
  5. Watermelon

    Professional Liability Insurance

    Hi Greg: Yup, I agree. Point 11 ensures that I will never have have dirt under my fingernails. It prevents me from building anything. I believe I understand the concern of the insurance companies: they are worried that I will design something and then start chiseling essential elements out...
  6. Watermelon

    Frost heave at interior spread footing

    ASCII: I'm not sure what you mean by concrete filled columns. If you have concrete posts supporting your floor beam then I'd say it's an unusual structure. I'm guessing what you meant to say was "buried concrete piers, with a post of some kind on top of the pier". And the post...
  7. Watermelon

    Professional Liability Insurance

    Your question is good, and offered me an opportunity to review the exclusions in my policy. Without using legalese, I am NOT covered for: 1. Issues involving the bankruptcy of my company 2. Failing to advise anybody of the need for insurance 3. My failure to provide service on schedule 4...
  8. Watermelon

    Beam Deflection?

    Wouldn't do it. Too many variables and unknowns. You have no guarantee the beam was installed crown up. (I remember once while walking the steel on a 14 story hi-rise, I discovered a beam that was installed upside down, and I am not talking about camber.) I am reminded of the old adage: When...
  9. Watermelon

    Minimum Fee

    Thanks for the replies. There seems to be a few different ideas regarding a minimum fee. 1. There is a real cost to opening a job file, covering your one-hour job with insurance, paying the phone bill and typing an invoice. 2. There can be some real benefits to "helping" someone...
  10. Watermelon

    Weld Sizing

    Oops. Above should have read when plate is btwn 1/2 and 3/4, 1/4" fillet is minimum.
  11. Watermelon

    Weld Sizing

    Rules may vary from locale to locale. Check your appropriate codes. Where I live, a 3/16" fillet is minimum when plate thickness is less than 1/2". When plate thickness is btwn 1/2 and 3/4, 1/2" fillet is minimum. When plate thickness is over 3/4, 5/16 is minimum. The...
  12. Watermelon

    Minimum Fee

    Reminds me of a joke: The plumber had just finished fixing the drain and presented the homeowner with his bill. "What!" exclaimed the homeowner, "I'm a professional engineer and I don't even make that kind of money!" "I know" said the plumber "I didn't make...
  13. Watermelon

    Minimum Fee

    Does anyone have a minimum fee they'd use for a small job, say one hour?
  14. Watermelon

    Aluminum and Steel Corrosion

    Don't know if you have posted on the corrosion engineering forum. If you haven't you may want to; there are probably some corrosion engineers there who do not check into the structural forum.
  15. Watermelon

    leak on carpet- sunkin floor

    lailla1: You're a structural engineer and you don't know what kind of foundation you have? You're puttin' me on.
  16. Watermelon

    PIN STUCKING(Read this to understand)

    "Extremely clever and cunning"? "Does not like you for some idiotic reason"? "Put fear in you"? Generally, a person does not develop a feeling of dislike for no reason. Why do you think he dislikes you? When you describe your boss as cunning, you sound...
  17. Watermelon

    Reinforcing Steel Beams

    Chichuck: It may not be a 3" x 2" thick bar, but rather an angle 3" x 2". Steve111 are you sure it's a solid bar?
  18. Watermelon

    Corrupt Manager

    In business there is no such thing as honesty, just varying degrees of dishonesty.
  19. Watermelon

    E & O Liability Insurance?

    Do I feel I am paying too much? Don't know. But it is always a hassle trying to find the money. So yes, the premium is very high. When a lawyer calls do I have enough coverage? Who knows. I asked once how to determine what would be an appropriate amount of coverage, given the nature of my...
  20. Watermelon

    Corrosion of threaded stainless steel screws on Aluminium plates

    Hello. I am not a corrosion engineer, so what follows may be nonsense. But I hope it is useful to you. On sail boats, contact between stainless screws and aluminum plates is very common. It is a hot topic on many sailing sites. And many sailors are fanatical about making sure every nut and...

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