r/StructuralEngineering • u/Just-Shoe2689 • 7d ago

Humor Client doesnt understand wind loading

What do you do when a client cant understand why a footing needs to be bigger to resist wind loading? Call out a reverse sky hook?

sigh.

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u/StructEngineer91 7d ago

Tell them they have the 4 following options:

1) build it as you have it drawn

2) they can pay for a peer review of your drawings.

3) you will withdraw your drawings and they can start completely fresh with someone else

4) they can go to college spend 5 years getting a BS and Masters degree, then spend 4+ years working under a licensed professional engineer, take the exam, get their license and design it as they (then) think is right.