The Structural Engineering Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

This week we get to continue our education in to UHPC with a discussion with Joe Bunkers from Gage Brothers. Gage Brothers is a group of precast experts helping move the needle on UHPC production and use, take a peak at the links below for a very cool project that comes up in our conversation, and reach out to if you have any questions at all.

Steel District redevelopment project

https://gagebrothers.com/

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This weeks episode is about one of the most unique materials we have had in a while. Now you may say this is concrete, which we've been pretty good at since 1300 BC, and while that isnt incorrect, we say its so much more than stone, clay, and limestone from 3300 years ago, this is Ultra High Performance! So sit back and let us ask the dumb questions while we learn about UHPC, the many advantrages, and where we might see it in the future.

Fun Links:

FHA Introduction to UHPC

PCI Presentation

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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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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 from 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 spanning a renowned technical firm to teaching at a college, she's seen a broad spectrum of the resources we have for education beyond college, and shares some tips on navigating your career, enjoy the talk, and check out some of the links below.

SE3

CASE

NCSEA

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This episode is with Connor Lewer, a structural engineer with Professional Engineering Consultants out of the Colorado office. We're talking with Connor about their steps in the SE2050 movement and take the chance to ask a lot of introductory questions to continue our education in the school of embodied Carbon. 

Some Helpful Links:

SE 2050

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This Episode is unique in its guest but relevant and valuable in content. This week we get the chance to talk with Dan Oblinger, a hostage negotiator, and business coach focusing on the engineering side of things. Zach has had Dan come to his firm and it was a fantastic experience, If you get the chance to have Dan come help your team, make sure to listen to the end of the show for a special deal on the coaching Dan provides for podcast listeners. A couple links I recommend checking out:

Dan's Website

Dan's Books

This episode is with Ethan Fogle of HGA Architects and Engineers about some of his work and an itroduction for us regarding sustainability and embodied carbod as it relates to structural engineers. This is a theme that we've wanted to share for a long time so this episode goes a bit longer than usual but we think its valuable information to understand moving ahead in our careers and as an industry, enjoy!

Some Helpful Links:

SE 2050

Arch 2030

Dovetail Partners

Forest Management 

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This episode we're talking with Trevor Haskett of motioneering, motioneering is one of the worlds premier firms managing damping systems. If you've ever seen the picture of the large golden ball pendulum type structure in Taipei 101, motioneering would be the team behind it. Enjoy our conversation while we learn a little more about the practical terms of a damper, weight and volume requirements, and the many systems available to the designer.  

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