Engineers and Their CalculationsPart 1

By Robert MoteMotagg Solutions

More than ten years experience applying the specialised principles for electronic calculations in: - ABB Lummus Global, Holland, departmental procedure established 1999, applied extensively to all projects. Part of QA/QC procedures. - AMEC London, Macro development and word reports. - Fluor Camberley, taught to Korean Workshare partners. - Fluor Calgary, taught to New Delhi Workshare partners - Jacobs Calgary, taught to Mumbai/Charleston/Edmonton Workshare partners

Credentials

6. When was the last time you received any PC training ?

Questions

1. Do you like doing calculations ?

2. When was the last time you talked about calculations ?

3. Ever seen a calculation that impressed you ?

4. How do you use MS Word ?

5. How do you use MS Excel ?

MS Excel and Macros

Development of good practices.

Designing for the project and the future.

Harnessing the macros.

Great for Budget Busters

Educational tools or graduates and clients

Establishing training and peer review group for

- Leads

- Engineers

- Designers

What is in for the company?

Plan the CalculationsSection I Basic Design Criteria and revisionsSection II General Loads/Design LayoutSection III Concrete DesignSection IV Steel DesignAppendix A STAAD input fileAppendix B STAAD Output file::Each Section is prefaced with a checklist.Revisions are made by way of Revision Notes prefacing original sectionsWord Report is an electronic snapshot of the working directory.Show all approved documentation for Project Flowcharts Calculation templates for Word Spreadsheets and Macros

Transfer of Information from- STAADpro/SAP2000/RISA/SFrame files Copying geometry Moving beyond output file for

Connections, braces, details etc- Excel Workbooks Graphics, charts and calculation pad Spreadsheets, revision notes- Visio files Details and simple scale drawings-MathCad files- Drawing files Layouts and Plot plans

Nothing to it but…..EDIT PASTE SPECIAL…….PICTURE

All relevant files should be in a Working directory - STAADpro/RISA/SFrame

Not complete in itself, only the starting point.Standardize loads and load casesUse only relevant information in main reportMove output to AppendixCopy results to Excel for tabulation, sorting, decimal placesAnalysis files not to be logged by JPI.

-Excel WorkbookUse as a notepad for all calculations relevant to SectionUse as a scribble pad - graphics, notes and tablesThin lines, do not use use arrow features

- Word Annotate annotate annotate Use graphics extensivelyUse Bending Moments and shear force diagrams

Examples of Recommendations

Main IndexRevision Sheet

Section I

General IndexIntroductionReference Drawings

Section I Design Data - Codes, Specifications

& Computer SoftwareMaterialsDesign LoadsLoad CombinationsVocabulary

Section IIThe Thumbnails

Pages 1 to 4

Pages 15 to 18

Pages 24 to 27

Section II Index sheet + Revision NotesDescription of ConstructionArrangement Drawings

Pages 1 to 4

Section II

Pages 15 to 18

Spreadsheet Solutions-Pasting Staad valuesSpreadsheet Solutions-Sizing FoundationSpreadsheet Solutions-RC DetailsBending Moment Diagrams and Results

Section II

Pages 24 to 27

Finishing Staad ResultsSpreadsheet Solutions for Column DesignCopying Solutions from Excel - Edit Paste SpecialDetails