Structural engineer
Columns, beams and foundations, rebar and concrete.
- 1🏗️The structural model
- 2📐The shop drawings
- 3📸A problem from site
- 4✅The approved fix
- 09:00
Sees a crack that arrived with its photo and spot on the model
- 11:00
Writes the fix in steps and decides if it needs strengthening
- 13:00
Reviews the column cube results for the floor
- 15:00
Approves the cut-and-bent rebar details for the factory
The structural engineer designs the frame that carries the building: foundations, columns, beams and slabs, and sets the concrete sizes and rebar. During construction they check rebar shop drawings and answer site problems.
The safety of the building and the people in it is their responsibility. Any crack, change on site or weak cube result comes back to them to decide: safe, needs strengthening, or must come down.
In EDC they see the structural model with its elements and quantities, and check shop drawings made from the model. Any problem such as honeycombing or a crack reaches them with a photo and location, and they reply with an approved fix kept as a lesson.
Every column and beam on the model carries its history: the pour, the cubes, the snags and the changes. The EDC Assistant suggests likely causes of a crack and fix steps, and they review and approve, so the decision is engineered and recorded.
- ✓Review rebar shop drawings from the model
- ✓Answer site problems with an approved fix
- ✓See concrete and rebar quantities per element
- ★Faster answers, less waiting on site
- ★Fixes saved for the next project
- ★Fewer shop-drawing mistakes