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Hi Hielsher. Thank you for this video. Could you please give me some insight on the kind of laptop you use?

Structural engineering is by far the most beautiful spec in my opinion. Everything you do has practical implications and real world consequences. You the same liability for human life as do doctors, and in many cases a strcutral failure is much more catastrophic. I am actually proud to bear so much responsibility wtih my designs because that tells me I'm making a positive impact on society. Not to mention, the theoretical complexity and elegance of the theory we are taught, how everything ends up fitting together like a jigsaw puzzle from connection design to seismic and gravity just amazes me. Our specialisation is as old as time and will continue to be indespinsable to humanity. Proud start working soon.

Thank you brother🫡❤️

Architects get all perks of dirty works done by civil engineers.they have service brands.can take credit & negotiate well.

But please is it a must to always come to the office

I really like ur videos

This is an amazing video I'm still a student studying civil engineering Any advice

This is an amazing video I'm still a student studying civil engineering

Just wanna say my Inspiration to become Civil Engineer was "Bob the Builder"

I'm in my final year Civil engineering HND 2 Your lecture inspired me.

Contractors immediately want to start work once the deal is made. This means producing site stabilization drawings and design right away. A clearing and grubbing set of drawings may precede the grading and stabilization. I always took a preliminary set of sheets to the city or county for a cursary review. This inclusion of the city/county will payoff in getting the permitting for grading and drainage. This design activity gets the civil and structural engineers time to begin further design. Exciting career although pay is not as good as other disciplines and schedule is tight at the first of the project. A good site survey and site borings are needed right away if not already performed. Civil engineers have a love/hate relationship with their careers. Mine was more love than hate. Retired in 2016 as a registered professional engineer doing both civil and structural engineering.

LED = layout, engineering, detailing. The final calculation document is really the last item to be completed. This is the approach that works for me.

At 4:44: "and the Builders decided to use a different size of timber and grade than the one you've specified". Isn't the builders held responsible for not following specifications? I mean, the specifications are made for a reason.

Amazing video...very helpful

I really hope I could have seen this video sooner, I'm in my late 20s, and is so relevant to every student lucky enough to see this video you don't know how lucky you are and to the Creator of this videos thank you.

Nice job! I appreciate all your videos. You're my inspiration.

Its was a very interesting career. But i found frustrating to see small changes keep happening and the we have to re submit entire revised calculation even though it may not change any thing structurally. It wont be accepted even though all of us know there is more than 2 times safety margin is provided in all designs. The learning curve takes years. But the new professionals tend to over rely on computer model and results forgetting to verify using simple hand calculations. I am from India.

Ipad is engineering unfriendly

Thanks for sharing!

Ask for more money, Structural Engineers shall be paid more!!!

I really appreciate your advices...Thank you so much for this video I wish more of this.🙏

Do structural engineers earn a lot of money?

wheres your hi vis mate

Oh wow, doing fluid mechnaics next sem

I would love to know how to deal with difficult clients or dodgy tradesmen & builders, how to communicate properly or any tips on it. If you haven't made a video on it, I think that might be a good idea. Thanks Ben!

I’m guessing you have a Croatian background.

Very helpful! Thank you.

True.....i graduated and in interview when asked questions i was completely blank i couldnt solve simple sfd bmd.....but thats how im Learning new things everyday....😅😢i know its frustrating but it is how it is.....u hv to keep learning....

Thanks budy

Rubik cube is a nice one) What is your average (or best) time for solving a Rubik's cube? Thanks

what application do you use to take notes on your ipad and view it on your monitor?

I have been a structural engineer in the US for over 15 yrs and this is the single greatest explanation for retaining walls!

This is the best video for anyone aspiring to go into structural engineering. After graduating with Bsc Civil Engineering, I always wanted to take up a structural engineering career. But I've always found myself working in construction. I have more than 5 years in construction Engineering experience. I don't know if it would be a good idea to venture into Structural Engineering now. I love structural engineering even though I've never practiced it. Any advice.

I couldn't agree more to keeping a second brain. Thanks for your tip. It helps me a lot.

I’m starting my second year of structural engineering next year. Am I able to use this, as next year we will learn about designing concrete, timber, etc 😢?

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I think one thing to note is that you are a structural engineer in a certain industry, seems like residential and commercial building design. I've been an engineer for just about 5 years, and I started out in a big corporation like yourself but doing specific structural designs for the government. After a few years I decided to get my license and therefore jumped into this industry working to the building codes etc. Unfortunately I'm discovering I may not particularly like it, and the idea of being a licensed engineer may not be worth it in my opinion. There's a lot of cookie cutting, engineers don't fully understand the equations they're using and they're just looking to hang their hat on something, etc. etc. I miss the days of truly designing members and connections piece by piece, not using tables and relying almost 100% on software to do literally everything for you. It's interesting but I guess we have to do what we like best. Thanks for video!

Hello, wondering if you can guide if surface pro 7 is good for students in uni? As a laptop thing?

Are you still in school? And howmany years does it take to a degree like that?

thanks sir please try to speak english a little bit slow to make poeple like me understand ...

Hello , Saw your video felt so good and motivative, i was wondering if you can give me advice . currently 2nd year civil engineering and i am passioned for structural engineering. i have completed my steel design course at college so i need any video or course that can guide me for engineering concrete design course. please suggest me i live in ontario, canada

Nice. Spot on.

Thank you so much I'm really enjoy to watch your videos I'm geotechnical engineer from Algeria your content is very interesting

What's the most common use software？

Add translator langueg persian

Going on a marathon with your videos because they're all so helpful. Really loving the content

I have both but without biases despite of software limitations I settled on ipad pro which is a solid device . Surface has myriad of issues from flickering screen to face ID issue in low light and poor battery . The issue I have encountered with ipad is magic keyboard where some keys fail once in a while. Finally surface pro couldn't connect to my company portal, it keeps giving error 80180014

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I started doing that email folder trick when I had a couple projects under my belt- organizing first by the internal project number and then its name makes it so easy to find discussions from forever ago to double check information for RFIs and shop drawings. I've also started adding the names of clients to the folders for more specificity, and it helps to remember the types of projects our usual clients tend to go for

This may sound like an odd question. But would it be a reasonable goal to Stick with smaller projects like residential and small steel structures and just work for yourself? Like writing up plans for builders. My thought is I’d like to keep it a small as I can while being able to make decent money.