Edward Yu, P.E. @eduedoo

EDYU Engineering | Licensed Civil Engineer practicing structural engineering (20+ yrs) on all things wood but mostly custom homes & sometimes TI's + Retail. Bay Area, California Joined March 2009

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Edward Yu, P.E. @eduedoo

2 weeks ago

@ThinkAppraiser @acnewsitics Idiocracy II starring DJT.

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3 months ago

@DonovanBuilds What was their explanation?

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4 months ago

@Carbonar_i @ThinkAppraiser Well put 2 and 2 together.

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5 months ago

@TheFortressInc Great standard of care.

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5 months ago

@hellyeah1979 @thatchthoughts @adamcarolla More of a dog person.

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5 months ago

@MortConsumCoach @adamcarolla Let me write that one down in my notepad.

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5 months ago

@mattmaj89000414 @adamcarolla Why yes I have. But please cheer up, more so for yourself than I. Have a blessed day.

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5 months ago

@n_fiction @adamcarolla Now that is funny!! Thank you.

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5 months ago

@adamcarolla Have you spoken with the project engineer before you make that assertion?

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I can only speak for the structural engineering aspect. But we have come a long way and learned a lot from past earthquakes and other structural disasters and that is what primarily influences the evolution of the structural portion of the building code in CA. The structural code isn't some over regulated redundant code that gets in the way. Go look up past significant earthquakes in CA and how many deaths occurred. He wants to opine about a foundation system that isn't even for his house and thinks there is some grand agenda behind the scene.

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5 months ago

@LetsTheorize @thatchthoughts @adamcarolla We have building codes. No agenda with building codes. Them the rules.

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5 months ago

@AggicusMaximus @adamcarolla You keep doing you.

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5 months ago

@SoylentJohn @thatchthoughts @adamcarolla cool word salad.

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5 months ago

But specific to what can be seen in the video. My best guess is, there are specific drilled piers that are the more critical ones. They design and size and reinforce those critical drilled piers first based on a D/C = 0.85 maximum. They will most likely size the other less critical drilled piers the same as the most critical ones because of constructability. It might not makes sense to have three or four different drilled pier sizes because it could lead to confusion and more time and labor to have different drilling equipment. Therefore the less critical drilled piers may have a D/C = 0.5 (or less) or a factor of safety of 2 or even greater.

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Edward Yu, P.E. @eduedoo

5 months ago

@jakewearspants @thatchthoughts @adamcarolla We think of it more like the Demand/Capacity = 0.85 which translates to a Factor of Safety = 1.18.

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5 months ago

For example, for many of the critical structural elements, we will design the element so that the demand to capacity ratio is between 85% to 90% and therefore this is as efficient of a design while leaving some margin of safety factor. Maybe some engineers prefer to have the demand to capacity ratio closer to 60% to 70% but engineers don't make any more or less money by being conservative. But conservative or over engineered designs will eat into the profit of those on the build side and over time, these engineers may not be able to stay in business.

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5 months ago

@ConservativeF13 @adamcarolla Um, okay, take care of yourself.

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5 months ago

@dbssteeler29754 @adamcarolla Find me a General Contractor that will put their livelihood and business on the line to build like in the 1900's. Building science and building codes have evolved. Because as I stated before, be serious. While we are at it, let's do surgery like they did in 1900.

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Edward Yu, P.E. @eduedoo

5 months ago

I was making the distinction between Builders and Engineers. Let me clarify what happens when you factor in time into this discussion. Many Builder's profit and overhead is a percentage of the overall construction cost. Builders like to build as much as possible which leads to more profit and this is fair. Engineers work off a lump sum and usually it is not a consistent fixed percentage of the overall construction cost from project to project. We often time do not know the cost of construction for the project at the beginning during engineering. Engineering is sort of a race to the bottom. If engineers start over engineering things with no justification, Architects and Builders will not use them for future projects.