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Are You Licensed in NJ? Updates to Continuing Education Requirements

In the ever changing world of continuing education requirements, New Jersey now requires that continuing education hours come from approved or exempt providers, or the individual licensee needs to submit a form and pay $10.00 to get a course approved. For more details please go to http://njconsumeraffairs.gov/pels/ContCompAppForm.pdf. Page 1 is an application form and Page 2 goes into more detail on…read more →

27 Feb, 2013

Helpful Tools/Spreadsheets Available to Structural Engineers at No Cost

Most engineers utilize spreadsheets or MathCAD tools to a variable extent to save time with structural engineering calculations.  Frequently these tools are “self-written” or written by someone at their company.  However, many tools have been created by others and we wanted to point out 2 sources for some free tools to help you save time in your various calculations. The…read more →

16 Jan, 2013

Laptop Specifications for BIM

In a previous SE Magazine article (February 2012), we wrote about system requirements for laptops – which originated from an SEU BIM Forum session presented by Dave Pluke of BIM Ready. Because having a mobile workplace is becoming more common, we wanted to share information about the system specifications needed to successfully run BIM Programs on a laptop, which would be helpful in making…read more →

18 Dec, 2012

Creating Sloped Framing in Revit Structure

Many structures are designed with sloping roofs, and engineers have to make the decision about how to model that roof when designing the building. While for the analysis and design of the building, it may not make much difference whether the beams are modeled as flat or sloped, what about the Building Information Model? If this model is intended to be a true representation of how the…read more →

20 Nov, 2012

Congratulations to Fitzpatrick Engineering Group – Finalist in the Be Inspired Awards

SE Solutions would like to offer its congratulations to SE University client Fitzpatrick Engineering Group, and SE University speaker, Doug Fitzpatrick, on their selection as a finalist in the Innovation in Structural Engineering category of the Bentley Systems Be Inspired Awards.  Doug traveled to Amsterdam this month to attend the Be Inspired conference, and present his project before a panel of judges….read more →

19 Nov, 2012

Rigid Diaphragms in ASCE7 Chapter 12

In several upcoming articles in Structural Engineer Magazine, we will be discussing how modeling different types of diaphragms in commercially available software may impact results. The diaphragm types that will be discussed are No Diaphragm/Flexible Diaphragm, Rigid Diaphragm, Semi-Rigid Diaphragm, and Pseudo-flexible diaphragm.   Diaphragms are used to distribute horizontal forces to lateral frames/walls in a building. The type of diaphragm that…read more →

17 Oct, 2012

Steel Design – Rules of Thumb

Have you ever noticed how some engineers can come up with a member size in their heads without needing to plug something into a computer? Have you had another engineer look at your design and quickly point out a different size that could be used? One seminar at previous Steel Conferences (NASCC) presented many helpful rules of thumb for steel design….read more →

17 Sep, 2012

Improved Collaboration Through Virtual Meetings

I love when you set out to write one thing, and end up writing something just a little bit different. When we started brainstorming for this article, we were going to be focusing on Virtual Collaboration, and how structural engineers can use document sharing (i.e. Google Docs/Cloud Applications) to share information among different members of the design team.   During a…read more →

11 Sep, 2012

RISA-Revit 2013 Link is Now Available

In the July 2012 SE University session – Interoperability: Using Analysis Software with BIM Tools, we mentioned that the link to use RISA Building System programs with Revit Structure 2013 would soon be available. On Thursday, July 12, RISA released their RISA-Revit link that works with Autodesk Revit Structure 2013. Version requirements are as follows: RISA-3D – Version 10.0.1 or…read more →

18 Jul, 2012
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