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Ms. Sarah Halsey, P.E., M.ASCE


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RE: Why SE Licensure?

Posted By Sarah Halsey 03-01-2023 08:15 AM
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My take is that the SE is an attempt to rectify that the profession has fundamentally changed in the last 20-30 years. I started doing structural work around 2006 and worked with engineers who had been in the field for 30 or 40 years. I was lucky that the firm I worked at had a strong mentoring ...

RE: Factor of Safety for Net Uplift Tension in Buildings

Posted By Sarah Halsey 02-01-2023 08:16 AM
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Based on my experience it is better to not design too close to the allowed code for loads that cannot be easily or exactly calculated. I have had the privilege of working on project where the wind load was given by wind tunnel models and the wind load on the roof was surprisingly different from what ...

RE: Why SE Licensure?

Posted By Sarah Halsey 01-31-2023 07:53 AM
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Thank you for putting this so articulately. ------------------------------ Sarah Halsey P.E., M.ASCE Civil Engineer III New York NY ------------------------------

RE: Why SE Licensure?

Posted By Sarah Halsey 01-30-2023 11:34 AM
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I think residential should either have a PE in certain states or strong prescriptive codes. Walking around Seattle I see a lot of new construction that includes a garage either on the ground floor or in the basement, from the street that story often appears to be a soft story--less windows on the first ...