Consultant vs. Contractor
There are surely a lot of things to consider in building a project. If you were a client who wants to build your own project for whatever purposes it may be, your first step to consider is to…
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10 Checklists in Reviewing ETABS Model
As a structural engineer, we are also asked to review the ETABS Model especially when you are the senior or head of the department or as a third party checker. This is to ensure that the design shall…
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How to Determine Torsional Irregularities in Buildings
One of the code requirements in structural analysis is to review the structural arrangement of the elements as a whole for any type of building irregularities. The most popular among these types and perhaps the most complex is…
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How to Write a Construction Method Statement from Scratch
When submitting for tender you will normally be requested by the consultant to submit an outline of Method Statement describing how a specific site works should be done through design, procurement, construction, implementation, and completion. This should be…
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Design Criteria for Tower Crane Foundations
The design of crane foundations is not an easy task as it involves safety risks that need to neutralize throughout the course of its service. In doing so, the designer should equip with technical know-how in order to…
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How to Design Pile Caps in SAFE
As previously discussed in our article Pile Cap Design Assumptions and Recommendations, Pile Cap is a type of foundation that composed of thick concrete slab built on top of piles used to transmit the load of the structure…
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6 Basic Procedure of Structural Design
For the time that the architectural drawings have been finalized, the preparation of structural design begins. As a structural engineer in charge of the design, a lot of considerations to bear in mind in order to complete the…
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The Sequence of Actual Construction
Once the construction drawings and other related documents have been completed and approved by the authority in jurisdiction. The project will then be awarded to a contractor by the client through a consultant. In this period, the construction…
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2 Methods on How to Scale Base Shear in ETABS
In the previous article, Scaling of Base Shear Results of Static and Dynamic Analysis we have learned about the principle why do we need to scale the base shear results obtain from dynamic analysis to reduce or…
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