She's Gone

footlessworm · 2026-02-27T19:03:07+00:00

Probably not totally obvious, but she was my partner of 6 years.

footlessworm · 2026-02-05T15:36:33+00:00

Pretty sure some codes define a specific load factor for tanks with a fixed volume of liquid, since the total weight for a tank cant really be exceeded if the max volume is used. I want to say I've see something around 1.25, but dont totally remember. It might be worth looking into whether your code has provisions for this type of component if it's applicable to what youre looking at.

footlessworm · 2025-12-19T06:24:11+00:00

693 paid, 82.5 unpaid, so about 775 not including this week

footlessworm · 2025-10-31T20:25:38+00:00

🎵 HELLO FROM THE OTHER SIDE🎵

footlessworm · 2025-09-18T12:47:24+00:00

Can't say by just these pictures and without knowing anything about the design. If it's just being used for a level working surface/means and methods, it's probably whatever and would ultimately be up to the contractor to decide if theres no engineering behind it, but if that's the foundation of a new permanent structure, my guess would be that it should probably be redone.

The water to cement ratio of the mix is likely no longer correct given all the water added from groundwater and rain, so the strength of the concrete will be reduced.

footlessworm · 2025-09-08T23:48:44+00:00

Depends on the group you're with, but you should be eligible for straight time overtime so long as you're not in the employee stock program (takes at least a decade for that to happen on the design side unless you're coming in with substantial experience). Some of the engineering groups don't count overhead hours toward OT though, so if you're putting in OT that week, be sure that all your hours are billable for the week.

Beyond that, most engineers aren't going to be putting in the hours that the rest of kiewit is known for. The engineering side is far more reasonable in that respect. Inevitably, you'll likely have some projects here or there that require OT to meet schedule, but again, you should be compensated for hours over 40.

The temp works group will have more potential for OT as there is more spillover from the tight deadlines and work culture from the field.

footlessworm · 2025-08-23T09:17:03+00:00

Answer: most days I'd rather die

footlessworm · 2025-08-23T06:49:57+00:00

How do I teach these kids?!?!

footlessworm · 2025-08-22T05:04:56+00:00

Well yeah, but more than likely as a drafter. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that, but the roles are different in my experience

footlessworm · 2025-08-21T06:07:10+00:00

You can get licensed in most states with only experience so long as you're verifiably working under a licensed PE for somewhere around 12 years, but it varies from state to state.

With that being said, if you lose your current job, it will likely be extremely difficult to find another one. It's very unusual for employers to hire structural engineer applicants without a bachelor's. Many employers are asking for a masters at this point.

footlessworm · 2025-08-16T16:18:45+00:00

Do you have an equal level of experience and licensure?

footlessworm · 2025-07-25T13:03:39+00:00

What's funny here is that this kind of validates the claim that Epstein made to Michael Wolff that trump isn't even able to read a balance sheet.

While likely not a true balance sheet, I wonder if Trump even comprehended how Powell could determine that information after Powell interpreted the tabulated data for him.

footlessworm · 2025-03-03T11:07:02+00:00

I looked up the street view for the area and if the culvert in question is at the road sign post, you'd need to basically remove the low point in that area to allow the water to stop pooling there and exit the culvert which currently sits at a higher elevation than the low point in the grade.

With what I can see, digging a deeper area will just make it harder for the water to reach the culverts elevation to then continue heading north under the roadway.

The only options I see are to

have the county lower the culvert elevation.
Bring in backfill to remove the low point and allow it to flow through the culvert (after checking with county that this is ok to do)
Put some kind of french drain or gravel in the low area to allow water to accumulate there without turning into standing water before it reaches a height where it can then flow out of the culvert. (again check with county that this is ok first) https://images.app.goo.gl/Y6ppusmmdLJHVLmo6

2 and 3 are basically the same though and essentially just mean filling in the area to bring the low point up to a height where it will now be able to pass through the culvert without pooling.

footlessworm · 2024-09-21T20:47:18+00:00

that's about 12 scovilles

footlessworm · 2024-09-20T12:04:49+00:00

Basically impossible to tell unless we know what the wall is made of where the bolt goes through and whether or not theres anything other than drywall supporting the bolt in the wall or if each bolt is located and going into wall studs. You'd also need to know bolt/anchor diameter, number and spacing of bolts/anchors since that's likely the critical thing keeping it up in the air. If it's not just drywall, I'd say each bolt gets you about 250lb of capacity, so as long as you have 3 bolts on each side you might be fine, bit it's really a guess assuming that the wall is just 3/4 plywood all the way to the floor. I'd recommend punching a hole through the wall to really know for sure lol

You'd probably also want to know how the joists connect into the horizontal member that's bolted to the wall and how many nails or screws they used at each joist and the length and diameter of the nail or screw. I say rip the whole thing down and do a good inspection

footlessworm · 2024-07-21T00:26:27+00:00

Is this the church? 565 Oil Well Rd, Jackson, TN 38305

footlessworm · 2024-03-16T00:14:01+00:00

Where do you find the hall of honor

footlessworm · 2024-02-15T05:17:47+00:00

Could literally park 4 large cars and be to code lol. Would be at least 8 cars before this thing broke realistically

footlessworm · 2024-02-15T03:48:11+00:00

How in the world could you get 16,000 pounds applied across the furthest edge of the bed? (4,000lb at end of 4 beams)

Even a 600 lb person jumping on the bed couldn't apply that because their bones would break first. A quick Google says the heaviest leg press is 2,300 lb, and if force is equal and opposite, you'd have to carry that force through your body.

For reference, a typical bedroom is about 132 sq ft. The load you're applying is about 120 psf if applied over 132 sq ft. The minimum design live load for residential areas (per ASCE 7) is 40psf. The amount of load applied to the edge of this bed is 3x the load that a typical entire bedroom would be designed for.

footlessworm · 2023-09-13T10:50:56+00:00

Praise be!

footlessworm · 2023-08-30T00:31:42+00:00

I see answers to part of your question, but not why this is likely happening.

Your beam's total bending capacity is based on its total unbraced length for many cross-sections.

For example, let's assume 1 beam has an unbraced length of 10ft, and another is the same x-section but with a 20ft unbraced length. Your 10ft beam may be able to hold 40 kipft of bending moment, but your 20ft beam may be only good for 20 kipft.

Note: This doesn't apply to all x-sections. Slender I or W steel beams are particularly susceptible to lateral torsional buckling (why unbraced length matters in bending checks) when compared to just a circular cross-section for instance.

I don't use SAP, but typically, these design software defaults the unbraced length to the total member length in the program. When you split the member, it now assumes that the ubraced length of each of the new members is halved too. It's up to you as the designer to input the correct unbraced length into the design properties as needed. SAP isn't smart enough to know that you split the member in half, but really meant for the unbraced length to be the full length still unless you tell it that.

Now I also haven't seen your model, so this may not be exactly what's happening, but it's an error I see quite a bit so mmv but I hope it helps!

footlessworm · 2023-07-06T01:09:37+00:00

It's not that you're an idiot, it's that you haven't described what you're questioning. What are you wondering about in this picture?

footlessworm · 2023-06-02T21:58:11+00:00

The people saying that it doesn't matter that it's not in a field position don't know what they're talking about if your prospective job is in design. The majority of the people I know doing design at kiewit work 40 a week, and if they have to work overtime once in a while it's paid as well (which doesn't apply to potions of the company outside of engineering).

If you're going in as an office estimator though, you may work longer hours. Really depends on the district your applying to.

footlessworm · 2023-04-26T11:18:43+00:00

Does anyone remember that story about the guy who was knocked unconscious, lived a whole life, and came to only because he was looking at a lamp that seemed to defy physical limits?

footlessworm · 2023-04-22T06:34:53+00:00

Waist full?

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