Hey, with dating they can say #metoo and ruin your life just because they don't understand the difference between sexual harassment and being hit on. Oh well, I'm glad I'm married and not dealing with today's dating society. By the way, I grew up with # being spoken as "pound" so "pound me too" is kind of funny to me.
Ha! No, it seems like on the west coast, PE SE are expected minimums.
I agree, there is no way they would increase the cut score to allow a higher pass rate. I have talked to the test writers and they are very proud of how hard they make the exam, they want to keep the SE title as exclusive is possible.
First, it would have to tell you "This is exactly what I want." Then, it would have to say "Ok, I have a revision, but it didn't change much!"
I have learned that my chances of keeping my lateral systems unaltered are much greater if I don't label them until the 100% set. It seems to me that the minute I label my lateral system, my clients want to either move it or cut holes in it. It is like I paint a target on it. True story.
Should be 'contractor has already swiss cheesed your framing, then got caught by an inspector. how do you fix it?'
When did the inspectors quit doing their job? The used to make contractors tear garbage out that was obviously wrong. In my experience it has been the past 5 years when they have started dumping everything back in the engineer's lap. I usually just hold out my hand and say "I'll fix it for eleventy billion dollars." The problem either goes away or I have drinking money (only way to stay sane in this business).
I'm going to start designing units for the air tonnage if they can't get me the proper cut sheets at the beginning. Oh you want a five ton unit? I'll design it as if it weighed 5 tons.
