October 30, 2017

Walking on Thin Ice With Structural Changes

This post focuses on the most misunderstood law of structural physics that all too frequently results in very costly remediation and occasionally, can cause complete collapse. The structural system here is the simple post and beam system that occurs in nearly every building type whether you’re building with wood, steel, concrete or any other structural

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AutoDesk Revit Structure and Bentley RAM working together

EVstudio’s structural department is working on several new projects where we will be modeling the structure in Revit and exporting it to RAM to complete the analysis. The first trial tests have been working great.  As we become more comfortable with the process we will be doing some extra work by continuing with our previous

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Letter of Recommendation from ICF House Client in Utah

I just received a nice letter of recommendation from Steve Clark. We designed an ICF house for Steve in Kane County, Utah. He is a licensed PE in Utah and he provided the site survey and we worked with him to meet his exact needs on a unique sturcutral design. This is what he sent:

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Carbon Monoxide Detectors Should Not Be Overlooked – Go Out and Get One

Carbon Monoxide is a colorless, oderless and tasteless gas that it also extremely toxic. It is product of combustion and is present in buildings with fireplaces and gas fired appliances like furnaces and water heaters. Typically it is vented from the building and is not a danger to the occupants. However in cases where a

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