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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 ...

See A/E Seal on Drawings Chart in the codes below. Would you agree that most simple residential homes and additions are not designed by structural engineers or an architect unless it is part of some mass build funded by state or federal government or commercial development project? In my experience, ...