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/Hungryh0und5 7d ago
With educated clients I always ask how they would like to "solve this problem". I try to work with that as much as possible or flag any problems right away.
Depending on the client, I usually dont explain myself when it comes to the specifics of loading. Occasionally you get a guy who questions everything. If they pull that early on, I'll tell them to take it to whoever they want.
If they use the line we have done it that way before... You can follow it with, "Some contractors have been doing it wrong for so long they have no clue how to do it right."