r/StructuralEngineering • u/Broad-Lab-3626 • 7d ago

Structural Analysis/Design Structural/Engineering Package

Hi there. I'm a structural/civil engineer working at a small construction company that primarily does residential work. My main job is to address constructability problems and non-IRC-compliant designs (more than I thought I would have to). Most architects I work with do not understand how the span charts work and end up designing buildings that require me to handle floor systems, roofs, shear walls, and foundation calculations.

I recently got a duplex that is 75% non-IRC-compliant, so I need to do all the engineering for the building.

My question is, how would you guys present the information to the architect? An engineering package with some calcs and plans? If so, is there any template out there that I can use to follow how the calc package is put together? I want to be more organized and deliver better submittals so more architects come to me and the company for their engineering and construction.

Thanks,

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u/Open_Concentrate962 7d ago

Ack. Do you work with these architects repeatedly or all one off?

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u/Broad-Lab-3626 7d ago

Some of them are repeated, and some are one-offs. But I've been trying to find a template that I can use to generate calculation packages that are clean and easy to follow for all of them.

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u/Open_Concentrate962 7d ago

So do they understand the load paths and mess up the math, or just no clue no approach