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The Structural Engineering Podcast
Hosted by Max and Zach, The Structural Engineering Podcast dives into the world of structural design, real-world engineering challenges, and the stories behind the structures that shape our world. Whether you're a practicing engineer, an aspiring student, or just curious about how buildings stand tall, tune in for expert insights, industry interviews, and relatable experiences from the field.
Episodes
- The Structural Engineering Podcast
Episode 129 - Restarting the World's Tallest Building
In this episode, we go inside the engineering and restart of Jeddah Tower, the megaproject designed to become the world's tallest building. We explore the…
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Episode 128 - Casting the Impossible: Rethinking Steel Connections
In this episode, we explore how cast steel is changing what's possible in structural connection design. We discuss the origins of CAST CONNEX, why traditional…
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Episode 127 - What If Wood Could Flow?
What if structural timber could be shaped to put material exactly where it's needed? In this episode, we sit down with the team from Strong by Form to explore…
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Episode 126 - Your Design Works… But Can It Be Built?
In this episode, we step outside the design office to explore what structural engineers often get wrong about construction. We discuss the disconnect between…
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Episode 125 - The Building Doesn't Match the Drawings
In this episode, we explore the unique challenges of structural engineering in existing buildings, where the drawings don't always match what's actually in the…
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Episode 124 - Your Concrete Numbers Are Wrong. Does It Matter?
In this episode, we take a closer look at the concrete mixture requirements structural engineers encounter in ACI 318. We explore where the familiar values for…
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Episode 123 - What's Next for Structural Steel?
In this episode, we explore what's next for the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the future of structural steel. We discuss how AISC's role…
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Episode 122 - The Role of Structural Engineers in Resilience
In Episode 122, we explore a question that goes beyond how we design buildings: how do we make our communities more resilient before disaster strikes? We…
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Episode 121 - Are Structural Engineers Too Dependent on Codes?
In this episode, we explore the future of structural engineering and what it will take to continue pushing the profession forward. We discuss why innovation…
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Episode 120 – How Glass & Grid Shells Make the Impossible Possible
In this episode, we sit down with Joshua Schultz, Ph.D., P.E., to explore the engineering behind grid shells and structural glass. We discuss how grid shells…
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Episode 119 - Can Great Engineers Be Bad Leaders?
In Episode 119, we sit down with Travis Slisher to discuss what great leadership looks like in the engineering profession and why technical expertise alone…
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Episode 118 - Do You Really Need Rebar?
In this episode, we sit down with Claire Gandee from Bekaert to explore how steel fiber reinforced concrete is changing the way engineers design slab-on-grade…
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Episode 117 - When Design Becomes Evidence
In this episode, we sit down with forensic structural engineer Mark Duckett, PE, SI, from Robson Forensic to explore what happens when engineering decisions…
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Episode 116 - Nonlinear Twists: An Easy Path into Complex Structure
In Episode 116, we explore the world of nonlinear structural analysis and performance-based seismic design. We discuss when nonlinear methods become necessary…
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Episode 115 - The Gap That Saves Buildings
In this episode, we dive into facade engineering and explore how building skins are designed to accommodate wind, seismic drift, thermal movement, construction…
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Episode 114 - Yielding for a Better Brace
In Episode 114, we dig into buckling restrained braced frames with Brandt Saxey, SE, of CoreBrace. We talk through how BRBFs work, what makes them different…
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Episode 113 - How Software Leaders See the Future of Structural Engineering
In this episode, we dig into the future of structural engineering software with the North American CEO and Chief Product Officer of IDEA StatiCa. We talk…
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Episode 112 – Good Connections Make Great Structures
In this episode, we dig into structural connection design and explore why connections are far more than just the final step of a project. We talk through how…
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Episode 111 - Can Glass Really Be Structural?
In this episode, we dig into structural glass design and explore why glass in buildings can be far more than a transparent enclosure. We talk through how…
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Episode 110 - Venues Aren't "Just Code": Vibration, Rigging & Mall Reuse
In this episode, we dig into entertainment and retail design and explore why venues can't be engineered by code compliance alone. We talk through how…
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Episode 109 – How Coastal Structures Hold Back the Ocean
In this episode, we dig into flood and wave design and explore when water transitions from a site consideration into a true structural load case. We talk…
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Episode 108 - What LEGO Can Teach Structural Engineers
In this episode, we explore structural engineering through an unexpected lens: LEGO. What starts as a simple building toy becomes a powerful way to explain…
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Episode 107 – The Structural Logic of High‑End Residential Design
In this episode, we explore the realities of high‑end residential structural engineering, using custom homes in the Hamptons to examine how architectural…
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Episode 106 - Mast Frame: Rethinking Seismic Systems
In this episode, we take a deep dive into mast frames a hybrid seismic system that challenges the traditional boundaries between elastic and energy‑dissipating…
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Episode 105 - Standardizing Tornado Resilience: Provisions of ASCE 7-22 Chapter 32
In this episode, we break down the landmark introduction of Chapter 32 in ASCE 7-22. For the first time, tornado-resistant design moves from a voluntary…
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Episode 104 - What's Really Holding Up Your Building?
In Episode 104, we dig into the world beneath our buildings, foundation systems. From shallow footings to deep foundations, we explore how engineers match soil…
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Episode 103 - Space Frames, Cable Nets, and ETFE Systems
In Episode 103, we dive into space frames, cable nets, and ETFE membrane systems. Joining us is Joshua Schultz, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at…
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Episode 102 - Navigating Emergency Response Engineering
In Episode 102, we chat with Scott Collins and Mike Riccitiello about the role of structural engineers in emergency response. From the first phone call to…
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Episode 101 - Engineering Better Outcomes with Design Build
In this episode of The Structural Engineering Podcast, we sit down with Matt Byrum of Hutton to explore the world of design-build delivery. Matt shares how his…
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Episode 100 - Candid Conversations with Max and Zach
Celebrating a milestone! This week marks our 100th episode of The Structural Engineering Podcast. We're reflecting on the journey from our very first episode…
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Episode 99 - Engineering a Startup: The CalcBook Story
In this episode of The Structural Engineering Podcast, we sit down with the founders of CalcBook, Nick and Peter, a tech startup that's rethinking how…
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Episode 98 - Post-Tensioned Concrete with Ryan Musgrove
This episode is brought to you by CalcBook — the modern way to perform and document your structural calculations. Visit calcbook.com and use promo code SEPOD…
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Episode 97 – Innovating Mass Timber Design with SPEC Toolbox
In this episode, we sit down with Adam Jones from SPEC Toolbox, a company reshaping how engineers approach mass timber design. From CLT panels to connection…
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Episode 96 - AI Is Reinventing Structural Engineering
Is AI about to redesign the future of structural engineering? In Episode 96, the Structural Engineering Podcast sits down with a leading AI expert to explore…
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Episode 95 - Understanding D.G. #1
In this episode, we test our knowledge of an AISC design document, Design Guide #1 - Base Plate Connections. This is the first DG we read as we entered the…
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Episode 94 - Famous Failures
In this week's episode, we discuss famous structural engineering failures. From the Hyatt Regency Collapse to Ronan Point, these instances have been crucial in…
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Episode 93 - Unique Seismicity
In this episode, we discuss the seismic systems we've used and have dreamed of using, as well as the new systems and latest research. This is a pretty fun…
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Episode 92 - Meetings With The Architect
In this episode, we chat with Melissa Lanning from Infusion Architects. As you may have noticed, Melissa is the first architect we've asked to be on the show…
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Episode 91 - Cellular Hybrid
In this episode, we dive into a conversation with Kee Leung. Kee is the director of Odace engineering, a firm in London that specializes in efficient…
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Episode 90 - Engagement and Equity SE3
In Episode 90, we chat with Amanda Dean from the SE3 project. She's one of the structural engineers actively working to promote equality in our profession…
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Episode 89 - Our Favorite Modern Structures
Join us as we highlight the five most impactful buildings of the last half-decade, and the upcoming projects we're watching closely. We have plenty of…
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Episode 89 - Building Understanding with Mola
We're talking structural dynamics with Mola founder Marcio Sequeira! Discover the story behind the new Mola 4, its roots in academia, and its future in…
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Episode 88 - Ultra High Performance Continues
This week we get to continue our education in to UHPC with a discussion with Joe Bunkers from Gage Brothers. Gage Brothers is a group of precast experts…
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Episode 87 - How strong is your understanding of UHPC?
This weeks episode is about one of the most unique materials we have had in a while. Now you may say this is concrete, which we've been pretty good at since…
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Episode 86 - Succesfully Engineering A Career
We are lucky enough to have one more episode with Scott Johnson this week. Scott was our primary host at Louisiana Pacific and works in the construction…
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Episode 85 - Long Spans - Short Timelines, Mr. Beast's Engineer
Welcome to another exciting episode of The Structural Engineering Podcast! Today, we have the pleasure of chatting with Scott Collins, an innovative engineer…
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Episode 84 - MF Vs BF, Pick Your Team
This episode of the structural engineering podcast is a showdown of epic proportions, BRACE yourself, or maybe reserve a MOMENT to listen to the show? Zach and…
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Episode 83 - Engineering Sales: Curiosity's Role
In this episode of the Structural Engineering Podcast, we explore the crucial yet often overlooked topic of sales in engineering with consultant Mark…
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Episode 82 - Financial Engineering
This week is unique for us, as it's not a direct structural engineering resource but it's a topic that I am certain you need to understand while you plan out…
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Episode 81 - Keeping the Fire Out
This Episode we continue our series of conversations at Louisiana Pacific and this time we get to learn all about fire design. We are talking with Scott…
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Episode 80 - The future of Mass Timber - Countless Reasons To Learn
In this installment, we delve further into the realm of Mass Timber design. As the popularity of this material rises, we find ourselves in a prime position to…
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Episode 79 - The Engineering of Building Science
This Episode will be the first part of our Louisiana Pacific Building Solutions series put together when Zach and Max visited LP at their Tennessee…
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Episode 78 - Done with the podcast?
After 4 years we decide if we've hit the end...is the SE podcast done? Join in while we talk about that, some great management discussion, CA PE, SE tests, and…
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Episode 77 - Open Source
In todays episode we get to talk with a group of people that are each doing amazing things in the computer programming space as it relates to structural…
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Episode 76 - Building Tall
This episode we get the chance to continue our conversation with Jordan Jarrett and learn about a unique design challenge that very few engineers get the…
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Episode 75 - Equity, Education, and Growing in Your Career
This week we get to talk with Jordan Jarrett, an engineer with an impressive career that includes being a structural engineering consultant at a renowned firm…
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Episode 74 - Starting with 2050
This episode is with Connor Lewer, a structural engineer with Professional Engineering Consultants out of the Colorado office. We're talking with Connor about…
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Episode 73 - Negotiating Your Career
This Episode is unique in its guest but relevant and valuable in content. This week we get the chance to talk with Dan Oblinger, a hostage negotiator, and…
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Episode 72 - Building With The Future in Mind
This episode is with Ethan Fogle of HGA Architects and Engineers about some of his work and an itroduction for us regarding sustainability and embodied carbod…
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Episode 71 - Dampers, How to Shake it up and Slow it Down
This episode we're talking with Trevor Haskett of motioneering. Motioneering is one of the worlds premier firms managing damping systems on many of the largest…