The Structural Engineering Podcast

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Episode 83 - Engineering Sales: Curiosity's Role Mar 05, 2024

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In this episode of the Structural Engineering Podcast, we explore the crucial yet often overlooked topic of sales in engineering with consultant Mark Wainwright. Discover how curiosity enhances both engineering and sales skills as we delve into the interrelated dynamics of client relations, offering essential insights for our professional journey. Check out more of Marks work at the link below.

https://www.wainwrightinsight.com/

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Episode 82 - Financial Engineering Feb 23, 2024

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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, Check it out here:

https://www.structuralpython.com/

Episode 81 - Keeping The Fire Out Feb 09, 2024

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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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Episode 80 - The future of Mass Timber - Countless Reasons To Learn Jan 23, 2024

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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're looking forward to continuing out education and helping spread the conversation. Our guest for this episode is Mark Robertson, an engineer who has been at the forefront of the Mass Timber movement throughout his entire career. Join the discussion, and feel free to ask any questions you may have for him (or us). Let's explore the exciting developments in Mass Timber together!

Episode 79 - The Engineering of Building Science Jan 09, 2024

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This Episode will be the first part of our Louisiana Pacific series put together when Zack 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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Episode 78 - Done With The Podcast? Dec 01, 2023

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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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Episode 77 - Open Source Nov 06, 2023

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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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Episode 76 - Building Tall Oct 19, 2023

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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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Episode 75 - Equity, Education, and Growing in Your Career Aug 16, 2023

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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.

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Episode 74 - Starting with 2050 Jul 31, 2023

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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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