Thursday, July 26, 2007

Re: was excavation

Don't forget Trusts instead of Truss, ......'love that one :-)




"Gerard Madden,
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Re: was excavation

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I like Joyce's for Joists

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On 7/25/07, Michel Blangy <mblangy@satco-inc.com> wrote:
David,

You might want to be more specific before this one gets out of control.
French, French-Canadian, French-American, or other?

Michel Blangy, P.E.
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From: David Fisher [mailto:dfisher@fpse.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 1:47 PM
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: RE: was excavation



When I was working for SOM in the 80s, we had a French "designer" who
referred to EVERY structural


Member (beam, column, slab, brace) as a (imagine said with a French
accent al a Monty Python) "girder beam"











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From: David Topete [mailto:dtopete@gfdseng.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 3:38 PM
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: RE: was excavation





Stucker? That's a new one. "Masonary" is about as common as "cement."
I tend to correct people with some of those terms…





David A. Topete, SE








From: Bob Freeman [mailto:robert.freeman@idsse.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 1:33 PM
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: was excavation





David:





Have you heard of stucker?! How about masonary?





Bob Freeman


Architect


Structural Designer








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