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Excellent questions and comments. Our Design Practices Committee is dedicated to address some of these issues that are not typically covered by undergrad courses. We are currently working on the topic of lateral load resisting systems (including diaphragms) and load paths. (I had to learn this stuff ...

​It kind of depends if the location of the re mesh in the depth of the slab was critical to the strength to resist moments from floor loadings. If there are slab negative moments over the beams and the mesh is in the bottom, tension cracks may open on the top. If not, then methods to just add cover may ...

​Stephanie: Excellent question and quite appropriate. Just now seeing the discussion after a year. Since the PE exam is to test for competency of your practice in structural engineering, then it would be appropriate to have a test that covered the areas that you practice in. There are many people ...

​When I started practicing engineering out of school almost 40 years ago, it seems there was a need to know a little bit about several of the adjacent civil engineering subdisciplines even though my focus was on structural. As I progressed through several jobs and companies, there seemed to be a narrowing ...