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Engineers appear willing to provide services for new design, but apparently in this state the engineers do not investigate existing structures. I have a family member renovating a small residential structure which will include an addition; consider the renovation extensive. Although unable to perform ...

Saw an image of a gas station canopy toppled due to hurricane Idalia and damage to the structure and the pumps. It must be noted that I have never had the pleasure of researching and designing this type of structure. However, I have had to design structural assemblies that required a failure mechanism. ...

Nathan, I took the exam in college ('88) and it was called the EIT exam. In fact, it was mandatory that engineering students take the exam at our college of engineering. You did not have to pass, but students had to at least go place their names on the attendance sheet. The fundamental exam that I ...

That last sentence is a doozy. I am unfamiliar with what constitutes the FE and PE exams these days. I took the E.I.T and the PE many moons prior to the creation of the SE designation. It sounds like the FE has been spiced up and the depth section of the PE for structures has been watered down. How ...

The whole discussion is quite interesting. As someone that practiced structural engineering for years prior to obtaining PE; obtained PE prior to the advent of the SE designation; took the depth portion of the civil engineering entitled "Structural"; and considered "Model Law" by NCEES. Another ...