Transcript Career Day - BHW Engineers L.L.C.

Career Day
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Speaker Name
Company Name
Date
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What is a Structural Engineer?
Bridges
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What is a Structural Engineer?
Buildings
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What is a Structural Engineer?
Prevent
Earthquake
Damage
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What does a Structural Engineer do?
Design of New Bridges & Buildings
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What does a Structural Engineer do?
Design of New
Buildings
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What does a Structural Engineer do?
Design of New
Buildings
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What does a Structural Engineer do?
Retrofit of Old
Buildings
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What does a Structural Engineer do?
Retrofit of Old
Buildings
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What does a Structural Engineer do?
Retrofit of Historic
Buildings
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What is a Structural Engineer?
Shoring/
Excavation
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What does a Structural Engineer do?
Repair of
Damaged
Buildings
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What does a Structural Engineer do?
New Technology
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The Building Team
Owner
Architect
Building Design
General Contractor
Building Construction
Structural
Engineer
Mechanical
Engineer
Concrete
Roofing
Electrical
Engineer
Plumbing
Engineer
Carpentry
Painters
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What is a typical day like?
Calculations...
...Computers
Building Codes...
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What is a typical day like?
Analysis...
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Drawings...
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Research...
Applied Load (Kips)
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-100
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Deflection (in.)
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What is a typical day like?
At Work…
…In Meetings
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What is a typical day like?
Client Service…
Commercial
Electronics &
Educational Manufacturing
Entertainment
Health
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What is a typical day like?
At the
Job Site...
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Education Required
High School
College
Graduate School
(encouraged)
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Skills Necessary
Math...
…Science
Drafting...
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Skills Necessary
Computers...
…Problem Solving
Construction...
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Important Classes to Take
Math
(analytic geometry, algebra and calculus)
Science
(physics)
Drafting
Computers
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Benefits of Being an Engineer
Satisfaction of seeing
your work getting built,
and watching
people use the
finished product.
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Benefits of Being an Engineer
Design future
landmark structures,
or help save old ones
Make dreams
a reality
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Benefits of Being an Engineer
Contribute to the safety
of society
Pride in being a
professional
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