The Structural Engineering Podcast

This week is unique for us, as it's not a direct structural engineering resource but it's a topic that I am certain you need to understand while you plan out your career. Zach and I are talking with Ryan Sullivan, an engineer who left his design job to go after a passion in financial planning. This is a great story for all the engineers with a pocket full of "numbers" questions, and we finally have the right person to ask. So join in while we learn how we should think about this critical, and engineering adjacent, decision framework for your work life.

Ryan Website can be found here: https://www.obpfinancial.com/

And I also wanted to link in Connor's (Episode 77) new Python course, I'll certainly be joining in since I see this as a beneficial future set of skills for our profession: https://www.structuralpython.com/

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This Episode we continue our series of conversations at Luisiana Pacific and this time we get to learn all about fire design. We are talking with Scott Johnson who made the transition from consulting structural engineer to a whole host of tasks and skills at LP. We get to hear all about fire deaign, where exactly the responsibilty falls, and how structural engineers can make better more efficient buildings with even a little understanding in this area. As akways, reach out to us on the email below with any questions at all, If we dont know the answer we will happily pass it along to Scott. 

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This Episode we continue our series of conversations at Louisiana Pacific and this time we get to learn all about fire design. We are talking with Scott Johnson who made the transition from consulting structural engineer to a whole host of tasks and skills at LP. We get to hear all about fire design, where exactly the responsibilty falls, and how structural engineers can make better more efficient buildings with even a little understanding in this area. As always, reach out to us on the email below with any questions at all, If we dont know the answer we will happily pass it along to Scott.

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In this installment, we delve further into the realm of Mass Timber design. As the popularity of this material rises, we find ourselves in a prime position to expand our knowledge and contribute to the advancement of structural engineering in this domain. Our guest for this episode is Mark Robertson, a trailblazer who has been at the forefront of the Mass Timber movement throughout his entire career. Join the conversation, and feel free to pose any questions you may have for him or for us. Let's explore the exciting developments in Mass Timber together!

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This Episode will be the first part of our Louisiana Pacific Building Solutions series put together when Zach and Max visited LP at their Tennessee headquarters and tried to learn everything we could manage in a few short days. This first conversation is with Neil Freidberg, a building scientist at LP, and an absolute expert in building science and moisture and thermal control in a structure. We start with the intro of what exactly a building scientist does for the other Structural Engineers that can only guess, and move into some of the detailing items and questions we should be addressing in every design. Enjoy, and feel free to write in if you have any questions for us or Neil.

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After 4 years we decide if we've hit the end...is the SE podcast done? Join in while we talk about that, some great management discussion, CA PE, SE tests, and so much more.

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In todays episode we get to talk with a group of people that are each doing amazing things in the computer programming space as it relates to structural engineering and sharing their work in an open source platform. Listen in to learn about Python, open source, a bit of AI, and much more. You may find, like I did, that understanding the programs we use at a deeper level will absolutely make us better in our field, and it's pretty dang fun to learn as well.

Please take a look at all these links picked out of today's episode:

Structural Python - https://www.structuralpython.com/

Git Hub - github.com

Spyder - https://www.spyder-ide.org/

Pynite - https://github.com/JWock82/PyNite

Pycba - https://pypi.org/project/PyCBA/

pystra - python structural reliability analysis - https://pystra.github.io/

Jupyter Lab - https://jupyter.org/

Spekle - https://speckle.systems/

Excel is evil (presentation) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NuTlczV72Q

selenium - https://www.selenium.dev/

ospgrillage - Bridge deck grillage analysis - https://monashsmartstructures.github.io/ospgrillage/

OpenSeesPy - https://openseespydoc.readthedocs.io

Why I left SE - https://mclare.blog/posts/why-i-left-structural-engineering/

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In todays episode we get to talk with a group of people that are each doing amazing things in the computer programming space as it relates to structural engineering and sharing their work in an open source platform. Listen in to learn about Python, open source, a bit of AI, and much more. You may find, like I did, that understanding the programs we use at a deeper level will absolutely make us better in our field, and it's pretty dang fun to learn as well.

Please take a look at all these links picked out of today's episode:

Structural Python - https://www.structuralpython.com/

Git Hub - github.com

Spyder - https://www.spyder-ide.org/

Pynite - https://github.com/JWock82/PyNite

Pycba - https://pypi.org/project/PyCBA/

Pystra - python structural reliability analysis - https://pystra.github.io/

Jupyter Lab - https://jupyter.org/

Spekle - https://speckle.systems/

Excel is evil (presentation) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NuTlczV72Q

selenium - https://www.selenium.dev/

ospgrillage - Bridge deck grillage analysis - https://monashsmartstructures.github.io/ospgrillage/

OpenSeesPy - https://openseespydoc.readthedocs.io

Why I left SE - https://mclare.blog/posts/why-i-left-structural-engineering

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This episode we get the chance to continue our conversation with Jordan Jarrett and learn about a unique design challenge that very few engineers get the opportunity to work on, but we all "literally" look up to. We're talking about tall buildings today, and learning how they work and in what way's they're different than our normal office buildings.

Below are some great links on the subject including many of the buildings we discussed:

https://www.ctbuh.org/resource/height

Park Tower: https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/park-tower-at-transbay/20058

Tower in Amazon Campus: https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/amazon-tower-iii/17085

150 North Riverside: https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/150-north-riverside/15587

SkyRise Miami: https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/skyrise-miami/15973

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This week we get to talk with Jordan Jarrett, an engineer with an impressive career that includes being a structural engineering consultant at a renowned firm and then teaching mechanics and structural design at a university. She has seen a broad spectrum of the resources that structural engineers have for education in and beyond college, and she shares tips on navigating your career. This talk covers numerous and varied topics, but common themes include the importance of inclusion in academia and industry, the necessity of being a life-long learner, and the benefit of professional organizations. Enjoy the talk and check out some of the links below.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jjrrtt
• SE3 Publications: https://www.se3committee.com/publications
• Join SE3: https://www.se3committee.com/connect
• STRUCTURE Magazine: A Case for Flexible Work: https://www.structuremag.org/?p=21964
• Black engineers disproportionately face barriers in states with licensing restrictions: https://publicintegrity.org/education/black-engineers-face-barriers-in-states/
• NCSEA Membership: http://www.ncsea.com/members/
• ASCE Membership: https://www.asce.org/membership

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