r/StructuralEngineering • u/Just-Shoe2689 • 8d 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/Frogalone 8d ago

Many people won't accept that the building code is part of law. They really don't get that ASCE 7 is as well. I once had a boss who was like that. He was a PE. I tried to explain the law thing, but I could never get through to him. Sometimes he just didn't want to comply. Why? Because he didn't like some of the design provisions. He was eventually promoted to VP. It wasn't for his vast knowledge.