The Structural Engineering Channel
Mathew Picardal, PE, SE & Alex Daddow
The Structural Engineering Channel (TSEC) focuses on helping structural engineering professionals stay up to date on technical trends in the field. Our hosts for the show, Mathew Picardal, PE, and Alexander Daddow, PE, CDT, interviews engineers ranging from recent engineering graduates to professionals from top engineering organizations on professional development topics for structural engineers to facilitate career advancement. Topics covered include but are not limited to performance-based design, fasteners and connections, post-tensioned structures, smart structures, tsunami modelling, earthquake engineering, software solutions, seismic design, blast resistant design, wood, business issues and professional development for structural engineers, how to specify things effectively, and more.
Episodes
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Sep 20, 2019 • 35min
The New ASCE Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design with Don Scott – Ep 009
Prestandards are not only to be used in tall buildings. It can be very beneficial for lower-rise buildings as well. One of the big benefits we see in it is how it is improving the envelope design for structures throughout the country.
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Sep 5, 2019 • 45min
CROSS (Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety) Is Now Here in the United States – Ep 008
CROSS has shown us a way through confidentiality and anonymity and having a sustained organization and effort to be able to do things more systematically and to encourage people to share lessons and failures in a way that they haven’t been able to do before.
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Aug 22, 2019 • 33min
Drones and Structural Engineering Inspections – A Marriage in the Making – Ep 007
It is definitely safer as well as more cost-effective to use UAVs for your structural engineering inspections. The decision to use drones for inspection purposes is definitely a case-by-case basis as every structural engineering project as well as bridges are different.
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Aug 8, 2019 • 34min
The Emotional Side of Structural Engineering – Ep 006
In episode 06 of The Structural Engineering Podcast, we talk to Zohaib Alvi, P.E about sustainability in Structural Engineering and more specifically about the emotional side of structural engineering and how important it is to embrace it as an engineer.
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Jul 25, 2019 • 36min
Community Resilience in Structural Engineering with Dr. Therese McAllister of NIST – Ep 005
Community resilience doesn’t look at individual buildings or systems. It looks at them as an integrated system and that is why they should all function together.
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Jul 11, 2019 • 38min
Mass Timber in Structural Engineering – It’s Not as Boring as It Sounds – Ep 004
The new code changes that will take effect in 2021 will allow mass timber buildings up to 18-story high. This may not be accepted by all municipalities and states, but 6-12 story building will certainly be allowed, which actually covers the highest market need.
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Jun 27, 2019 • 32min
Here’s Why Base Isolation is Rarely Used in the United States — It Doesn’t Sell Units – Ep 003
We have the opportunity to see what resilience is and what the structural engineering profession means, not just for a building, but for the entire community which that building serves. It is important that the engineering profession as a whole take advantage of this opportunity and promote the value that engineers provide.
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Jun 13, 2019 • 44min
The State of the Structural Engineering Industry from the ASCE SEI Structures Congress Part 1 – Ep 002
What excites me about structural engineers is the fact that we are bringing our professional associations closer together, and coming up with a common vision that that there are some challenges for the future.
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Jun 11, 2019 • 18min
Introduction to The Structural Engineering Channel – Ep 001
In this first episode of The Structural Engineering Podcast, we would like to introduce the show, the hosts and our goals for making this podcast extremely useful to you and bring you information that could help you succeed in work and life.
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