List of Contributions

Each state can be different, but typically in the first cycle, if you are already licensed in a state, and you already have 3 years of experience designing threshold buildings, then you just submit your experience with your application and you are grandfathered. The intent is not to disenfranchise PE's ...

Christian, I think that most of the conditions that you have suggested as an alternative would be directly or indirectly covered by the threshold definition. I also think that most complexity is in threshold structures. The benefit of the simpler threshold descriptions is that they are more easily ...

SE's must have to have 3 to 4 years of experience in designing threshold structures. PE's can have 3 to 4 years of any engineering experience. Most SE's have a PE and an SE. Discussing the comparative reliability between non-threshold structures and threshold structures is a complex discussion, but definitively ...

While I don't think there are perfect lines to draw to cover every critical structure, I believe there is a rational behind ASCE 7, and I think that the proposed threshold structure is tied closely to that. Risk Category 3 and 4 structures have a greater value to society; therefore, they are intended ...

Though there can be many different types of complex structures, the term is colloquial with regard to SE Licensure. In SE Licensure, we typically talk about a threshold structure as opposed to a complex structure, but the intent is similar. The goal of SE Licensure is to provide reasonable protection ...