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by ggcdn 7y ago
If you follow the professional liability model used in other fields of engineering (civil, etc), the buck stops at whoever sealed the report / letter of assurance / drawings / etc). We usually call them the Engineer of Record
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by ggcdn 7y ago
This is pretty cool. We use some awful enterprise software for timesheets (Deltek) and its frustrating enough that I only enter information once per week. During the week I use my outlook calendar, creating events corresponding to projects
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by ggcdn 7y ago
Don't forget: lots of cash!
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by ggcdn 7y ago
I had to do a fingerprint scan and photo for the visa application, then another fingerprint and face scan when passing through the airport security. Is there a problem with the fingerprinting requirement? I imagine the face scan can be used
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by ggcdn 7y ago
Do small margins necessarily mean there is no chance for disruption? I think structural engineering and architecture both have voids that tech can fill. Alot of the work is tedious, repetitive, and begging to be automated.
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by ggcdn 7y ago
What are your interests and skills? I'm also looking for someone to build a side project with. I've got a few things I'm working on but they aren't necessarily huge money makers.
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by ggcdn 7y ago
(P.Eng is a Canadian designation. It's P.E. in America)
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Hotel under construction collapses in New Orleans [video](nbcnews.com)
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by ggcdn 7y ago
link seems to be unavailable now
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by ggcdn 7y ago
Wouldn't increased property taxes, combined with increased ability of renter's to pay, cause rents to increase?
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by ggcdn 7y ago
I'll bet its more than the $664 USD this website valuator [1] reports, lol. [1] http://www.siteworthtraffic.com/report/duderanch.com
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by ggcdn 7y ago
It doesn't look like either xmatch or xlookup can lookup based on multiple search criteria? That's my main use case for index(match()).
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by ggcdn 7y ago
In structural engineering we call this plasticity "ductility", but you're exactly right. We want ductile failures not sudden brittle ones, and that can only be achieved with yielding reinforcing. Ceramics generally will fail
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by ggcdn 7y ago
Because I'm a structural engineer, I like to think about the future of structures, not bicycles. Many good ideas came about by taking something from one obvious application and transferring it to another. I also don't think we wil
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by ggcdn 7y ago
There are two main objectives when designing conventional structures: strength and serviceability. We want to make sure structures have sufficient strength under very rare and severe loading to prevent collapse. But we also want to make sur
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by ggcdn 7y ago
The move towards increased regulation of software engineering, especially with regards to security, makes me wonder if we will see state/provincial/national engineering regulatory authorities move in on the field. You can't,
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by ggcdn 7y ago
Matlab has its quirks, but I've never come across a better IDE for debugging 'scientific' code/scripts. Seeing current values by hovering over variables, the ability to pause and execute some 'testing' code, or
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by ggcdn 7y ago
It's not possible for us all to live like the Amish. Dense housing (as opposed to sprawling single family homes) is more efficient to build, heat, provide utilities, and provide services around. It seems pretty self evident to me that
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by ggcdn 7y ago
This is maybe okay for single family homes in arid regions, but not practical for denser forms of housing. Which we should be striving for, if we're worried about reducing pollution
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by ggcdn 7y ago
For science! 67% for me. My brain small. Sad!
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by ggcdn 7y ago
I'm not experienced enough to give a proper critique of go, but I can say that as a non-cs major learning to code, I found go wonderful to work with. Type system is good enough to catch errors and understand code at a glance, yet not o
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by ggcdn 7y ago
I find foods like this interesting because it goes against my instincts of what's safe to eat. Same with most things cured, fermented, etc. But one thing I was wondering - in an open drying shack like that, how to they keep the bugs aw
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by ggcdn 7y ago
I would think it's from cameras at vehicle border crossings. You can see an example here: https://goo.gl/maps/GRAY5GVnAYLr7aSZ8
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Bldgs Can Be Designed to Withstand Earthquakes – Why Dont We Build More of Them?(nytimes.com)
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by ggcdn 7y ago
It was a Vancouver based company called Chronic Inc. that has since gone out of business. Hopefully the government can still recoup costs from the owners for their negligence. The waste is now being brought back to Vancouver, to be incinera
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by ggcdn 7y ago
A&W (Canada) has Beyond Meat burgers. I liked it just as much as a beef burger.
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by ggcdn 8y ago
As yes, wood has some pretty impressive properties if you normalise by density. But that also means you need bulk to match other materials.
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by ggcdn 8y ago
You're right for typical studs, joints, posts, etc. However, I was thinking that for a highrise timber building, you might need way larger column cross sections than what we're used to seeing (24"x24" - 36"x36"
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by ggcdn 8y ago
>bamboo tensile strength is higher than that of steel What? Tensile strength of steel is like 400-1200MPa, Bamboo is < 100 MPa.
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by ggcdn 8y ago
This building has two concrete cores (elevator/stair shafts) for lateral resistance that were built ahead of time, and then the wood gravity system came later, So it kinda took more time than normal. Another fun fact - alot of that nic

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