OK, Guys.
What we have here is a guy that has offered his labors and property to provide a service and resource for this industry. He made his only mistake in sharing a little background of himself. Let's give him his due appreciation, or shut up. If you don't want to use it, don't.
But this tangential ranting about your personal views, while possibly belonging on this forum, don't belong with this thread. If you want to P & M, do so in a thread that the rest of us can easily filter.
JDCoombs.
>>> On 12/13/2007 at 4:33 PM, "Richard L. Hess" <RLHess@HessEng.com> wrote:
Has anyone thought of going out to some construction sites to see how
contractors are trying to straighten out some of those computer created
"solutions" so the building will stand up?
I suggest spending more time in the real (as opposed to virtual) world to
define how the structure should be designed instead of collecting someone
else's calculations, spreadsheets, etc. that may or not apply.
But then why should I worry. My business is with the ever increasing stock
of buildings needing repair or retrofit that are presented to me because of
the lack of proper detailing. I don't know of anything that fell down
because the calculations were ten, twenty or fifty percent off. But I know
of a lot of serious problems due to a missing link in the load path because
the details were not properly developed on the drawing or where the engineer
did not take redundancy or constuctability into account because he/she did
not understand what goes on out at the construction site.
Richard Hess
-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph R. Grill [mailto:jrgrill@cableone.net]
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 8:47 AM
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: Re: New and hopefully useful web site
Chris,
Great Idea!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Slater" <chris@jdwylieengineering.com>
To: <seaint@seaint.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:03 PM
Subject: New and hopefully useful web site
> Hi All,
>
> I've been in the engineering field for a few years now, having spent
> the six years prior working in the IT industry. While I enjoy
> structural engineering much more, I have often been frustrated by the
> lack of good examples available online. If I want to solve a computer
> problem, or learn how to do something new, there are many, many
> resources available online. If I want to learn how a structural
> calculation is done, I have to spend a fair bit of money for either a
> book, or a seminar.
>
> I had the idea a while back to try something out. I wanted to create
> a web site where engineers could share examples with one another. At
> our company, we have a folder on our server that is full of PDF scans
> we've made of calculations that we think others might find
> instructive. What I'm hoping to do is to create a web site that
> allows the engineering community to do the same.
>
> So I found a structure to build on, and put a site together -
> www.examplecalcs.com. The way it works is that examples can be
> submitted, along with a short description and "tags" that help
> identify it in a search. These tags might be things like "Seismic",
> "2001 IBC", "Wood Braced Frame", or what have you. You can specify as
> many as you see fit. You can submit a link to either a calculation
> that you have done, or one on another site that you think others might
> find useful.
>
> Once a calculation is submitted, the other users on the site are able
> to review it and "vote" it up or down, based on it's usefulness and
> accuracy. There's also the ability to post comments, in case
> clarification is needed.
>
> Finally, I knew that some folks don't have a place to upload and share
> an example from, so I put together an e-mail handler. If you send an
> e-mail to "incoming@examplecalcs.com" with the subject of "Example"
> and a PDF attached, the PDF will be saved to the site (at
> www.examplecalcs.com/hosted/). You'll reply a reply e-mail with a
> link to your PDF that you can then submit from the regular site.
>
> The site is free. I'm not making any money from it, but I do hope to
> learn a lot. Please try it out and send any feedback my way. Also,
> if you think it's a useful site, please pass it on to others.
>
> Chris Slater, PE
>
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