Quick Reference Rules of Thumb for Steel Design
How many times have you been in a kick-off meeting, and the architect is already pressing you to offer up beam and column sizes for the building in question? Or how do you usually answer when prompted to estimate the total steel tonnage on a project for preliminary cost estimates? In the September 2023 SEU […]
Quick Calc: Beam Weight Based on Moment
Have you ever been in a project meeting and needed to make a quick estimation of beam sizes without any reference books? Experience alone can sometime suffice, but a quick rule of thumb can be helpful to determine the beam weight needed for a given loading condition. In the September 2023 SEU session, John A, […]