Which structural framing systems and materials are most commonly used in the United States for residences? For office buildings?
◦ What factors explain why those dominate?
◦ Why did you choose your system, and what did it cost you?
You sized members by judgment rather than analysis.
◦ What did you base your first guess on?
◦ Why is it safer to guess large and shrink than to guess small and grow?
◦ At what point in a real project does the engineer take over from the guess?
Design teams link and share models rather than working in one file.
◦ What are the advantages of linking?
◦ What errors does linking make possible that a single model would not?
◦ Why is getting shared coordinates right at the start so much cheaper than fixing it later?
Not every clash is a problem.
◦ On what basis did you classify a clash as an issue versus not an issue?
◦ Who should have authority to close a clash on a real project?
Your beam depths just constrained next week's ductwork.
◦ Where in your building is the ceiling plenum now tightest?
◦ What would you give up to get it back?
◦ Should the structural engineer have consulted the mechanical engineer before setting spans?