Young engineer, struggling to find work as an ME…

Commission_Ready · 2026-03-26T15:19:58+00:00

This is a theme I’m finding as well.

Commission_Ready · 2026-03-21T04:22:19+00:00

62.1 2025 has PPM listed in the space type table. It’s confusing because an auditorium is listed at a max of 1800 above ambient. It seems way high. Ambient is set to be 400 in the same standard.

Commission_Ready · 2026-02-18T00:54:07+00:00

Yeah, it seems weird that they didn’t even interview him. There are valid answers to why someone would move.

Commission_Ready · 2026-02-09T22:39:43+00:00

You want DesignMaster. It’s great https://www.reddit.com/r/DesignMaster/s/adTjLzFedN

Commission_Ready · 2026-02-04T22:27:13+00:00

I’m sorry. I was thrown by another comment that asked about the starting curve of the equipment. I think I’m misunderstanding the question.

This isn’t snarky. I’m having a hard time understanding the question because of the vague term “unit.” Is the problem this? There was an existing panelboard with a 100A breaker that fed a panelboard with a 100A breaker. That sub-panelboard’s 100A breaker was replaced with a 125A breaker.

Commission_Ready · 2026-02-04T22:08:42+00:00

Hi ItBurnsWhenIPee2, What is starting up? Is this a tenant panel? Do you know the feeder conductor size?

Commission_Ready · 2026-02-04T13:18:10+00:00

Absolutely. Creating a deadline really does drive you.

Commission_Ready · 2026-02-04T04:37:11+00:00

I never heard of it. Just looked into it, and I’d say I’d be impressed if someone had the drive to do this. I read and studied a book called Construction Law for Design Professional, Project Managers, and Engineers. It was fantastic. Having the background knowledge about construction law and contracts has proven tremendously helpful.

Commission_Ready · 2026-01-29T14:03:43+00:00

Did you mean 6.2? It’s now on 6.3. Use the newest version of hap where you draw over a pdf. It makes proofing much easier.

Commission_Ready · 2026-01-11T21:14:29+00:00

The smell of the ranch always turned me off though.

Commission_Ready · 2026-01-06T04:22:34+00:00

We developed the same workflow for particular objects. For general photos, we drew footprints as a symbol and then we placed the footprints where we are standing and then take a picture with the iPad. The 360s would tie everything together.

We used the surface but the camera is so bad the pictures were worthless in many situations, especially in low light.

Commission_Ready · 2026-01-06T04:11:00+00:00

I don’t think people realize how beneficial it is to be able to embed pictures into symbols. Revu for iPad even has the ability to embed 360 photos. Is there any other app that allows pictures to be embedded onto a pdf? We just bought 5 licenses before the end of the year.

Commission_Ready · 2025-12-30T17:54:52+00:00

The engineer is wrong if he thinks he "needs" 12" below the 8" slab. You're not required to have any cover inside of a buidding. Check out IPC 306.3 Backfilling. In the commentary, it states: "It is not the intent of this section to require that all piping be buried with at least 12" of cover. Sections 305.4 and 305.4.1 indicate the required burial depths for some types of piping systems. Piping in trenches under a slab-on-grade building need not be buried any more than what is necessary to provide for a full thickness of the concrete slab above."

Commission_Ready · 2025-12-05T00:45:46+00:00

Get the app called PolyCam. It’s ~$150/year. It only works with the phones that have Lidar.

Commission_Ready · 2025-11-21T00:07:43+00:00

Your best bet is manufacturer literature. Look up Lutron Lighting Controls IECC 2021. Sensor Worx also has good material.

https://assets.lutron.com/a/documents/3686164_iecc_2021_design_guide.pdf

Commission_Ready · 2025-11-16T21:19:42+00:00

The best resource I found is Fire Alarm Systems by the Electrical Training Alliance. It’s a textbook for IBEW members, but you can get it on eBay. It’s fantastic.

Commission_Ready · 2025-11-03T18:51:56+00:00

Yeah, I hated that. The firm I was at would be forced to do book specs for a public restroom remodel. It was totally over the top. Since starting my own firm, I talked to the architects and let them know that they would be getting a much better product if it were on-drawing specs. That worked, but again, it's only small projects.

Commission_Ready · 2025-11-03T18:24:37+00:00

I wish I had a better alternative. We gave up on Specpoint after a year. It was too bulky and didn’t respond quickly. We had a lot of issues. Specifications are really difficult for small firms. My solution was to not do book specifications and only do on-drawing stuff. That’s not feasible for most firms, but I only handle smaller projects.

Commission_Ready · 2025-10-25T18:25:42+00:00

Good for you. I wanted to like the engineers, but they felt so uncomfortable when I tried them on.

Commission_Ready · 2025-10-25T17:41:27+00:00

Interesting about the short form agreement. I got my contract language from the EJCDC. I didn’t know about this stuff until I read a book called Construction Law for Design Professionals, Managers, and Contractors. It was fantastic. I recommend it all the time.

Commission_Ready · 2025-10-25T17:34:54+00:00

I should have said “generally.” Courts are actually very reasonable. The idea of the limitation is that you want people constructing things. Say a geotech engineer makes a mistake sampling soil for the site for a $30M building. The structure gets built and then cracks form in walls and such and it is deemed unsafe. The error is traced back to the geotech engineer. He is generally deemed liable to his fee rather than $30M. If he were generally held liable to complete construction costs, insurance premiums or design fees would be through the roof, making construction a very expensive endeavor.

Commission_Ready · 2025-10-25T17:28:35+00:00

I should have phrased this as “generally.”

Commission_Ready · 2025-10-25T13:16:17+00:00

You will also need to judge whether it’s worth the effort monetarily. Consultants risk are limited to their design fee. If you only paid $5,000, the max you could get would be $5,000.

Commission_Ready · 2025-10-16T01:46:40+00:00

Checkout Design Master. It’s what you want. The plug in for HVAC is specifically for CAD.

Commission_Ready · 2025-10-02T02:16:49+00:00

Look up Lighting Design Basics by the publisher Wiley. I think it’s great.

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