Structural engineering

‘It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; it’s the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time,’ was a famous quote by David Allen Coe, quote provided by blogger guy (2015). As the quote states, without the great consideration that goes into the construction of the foundation, it would not matter how beautiful the building is as over time the building would collapse. Foundations provide a medium for the loads to be transferred from the structure to the ground,…

Malfunctional is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of North Sioux City Downtown. The functions of a downtown are to be sociable, comfortable, and useful. North Sioux City has none of those aspects relating to their downtown. There are very few purposes to go downtown in North Sioux City, because the diversity of residents and businesses is low. The businesses there are either casinos, restaurants, or liquor store there are no shops, cafes, or other businesses besides one bank. All…

This process of sealing was to cease all possibility of water touching the slurry and allowing for it to moisten. It was a necessary process. As for the steel frames that were going to be used for the building, Yamaski and the engineers agreed on bringing “kangaroo” cranes, which were cranes that would function with help of diesel motors and they were self powered. The reason for this was because since the goal for the buildings were to be the tallest building at their time back then, they…

L.B. Agar Lysogeny broth (LB), a nutritionally rich medium, is primarily used for the growth of bacteria. The abbreviation is commonly taken to mean Luria broth, Lennox broth, or Luria-Bertani medium. According to its creator Giuseppe Bertani, the abbreviation LB was actually intended to stand for lysogeny broth (1). The formula of the LB medium was published in 1951 and continues to be the most common media used today (2). There are several common formulas of LB. Although they are different,…

construction capital projects in local government and community service environments, together with effective preparation of engineering…

Case I: Code Violation with Safety Implications Adapted from NSPE Board of Ethical Review Case No. 89-7 An engineer determines that there are defects in a building’s structural components and it would break the client’s secrecy if revealed to a third party. An engineer was appointed to affirm the structural integrity of an apartment the client is anticipating to sell. The client notifies the engineer that the building being sold has damages in which he is not intending to renovate. Although…

Structural engineer William LeMessurier’s decisions regarding the Citicorp building’s repair display his strong morals and provide an excellent example of the actions that should be taken to prevent a possible catastrophe. Once he discovered an issue with the building he designed, he persisted to conduct more research, inform the companies and people involved, and support the reconstruction of the issues found in order to protect the safety of the public and the integrity of his engineering…

technical skills engineering is a professional discipline that has put man on the moon and will take humanity far beyond in to the stars. To design, innovate and advance technological solutions for the world is the modern engineer’s purpose in life. Engineering consists of four chief branches, civil engineering, electrical engineering; chemical engineering and mechanical engineering (Engineering, 2014). This paper will cover three of the four engineering fields. Electrical engineering is the…

Introduction The overarching goal of this paper is to understand the Deepwater Program SoS engineering and integration failures before the program change in 2007 and develop recommendations for future similar SoS programs that can potentially prevent some of the failures from occurring. In order to achieve the goal of this study, reviews of documents produced by the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports related…

Engineering belongs in many different fields, but what makes them similar is the thought process of the engineer. Engineers have to have an innate curiosity about them they not only have to wonder about how the world the works and why it works that way, but have to look for opportunities to enhance life in every field they can. Civil engineers look at the world and land to create something different and functional then what was there before. Civil engineers mostly work on structures to help…