by Centurii-chan

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    881 month ago

    If engineers had our way all buildings would look like this

    This is the ideal building. You may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like 😆

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          101 month ago

          The real question is, why is there any brick at all?

          (The answer is almost certainly that somebody other than the engineer imposed the requirement.)

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            31 month ago

            …masonry wainscots look tacky-as-heck but they provide impact and moisture resistance where it’s needed most…

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              11 month ago

              Is masonry really cheaper than using a slightly thicker gauge of steel and a decent epoxy paint for the bottom few feet?

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      81 month ago

      Dogshit R-factor, poor impact resistance, I mean that’s the obvious stuff lol

      Peak performance is highly dependent on who’s defining it 😝

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        61 month ago

        “Shop”? Depending on the type - and I don’t want to jump to conclusions - I doubt it being ugly was a major part of its bankruptcy.

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      11 month ago

      …i prefer corrugated arch structures, but rigid frames are popular for good reason…

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        61 month ago

        Engineers love these things because they’re real easy to design, and very efficient in usable volume vs materials (which is why they’re used for every warehouse/big store/factory)

        Obviously not great for living in or anything but that’s the joke :)

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          11 month ago

          Very interesting! I never thought of that before. On the building pictured, which would take least effort to double the storage space - making it twice as long, wide or tall?

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            21 month ago

            Do you really mean “effort” (and if so, whose?) or do you mean cost? The other reply is correct that making it twice as long would minimize the need to redesign, but without doing the math (I am a civil engineer, but I can’t be bothered) I suspect making it twice as tall would use the least additional materials and therefore be cheapest. (That assumes taking advantage of the extra height for storage is the client’s problem, not the engineer’s. Having to put in a second story floor would change things.)

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              11 month ago

              Yeah I guess I was thinking about cost when I said effort. I figured maybe building up would also provide more design challenges to keep the thing from collapsing, or is that negligible?

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                21 month ago

                You’ll have a little bit more wind loading and you may have to put in a little bit of thought into the size and bracing of the vertical support columns to make sure the extra length doesn’t risk buckling, but that’s pretty much it.