Structural engineering, steel detailing and automation

Approval Drawings

How structural design drawings and steel approval drawings differ, who owns each, and how to coordinate them without silent redesign.

PEB Engineering

A component-by-component tour of a PEB portal frame: tapered columns and rafters, haunches, ridge and splices, bases, and the fittings that make the frame match its analysis.

Approval Drawings

How to log, answer and back-check comments on steel approval drawings without losing changes across sheets or inventing silent design edits.

Engineering Software

How MBS, STAAD.Pro, AutoCAD, Tekla, Excel and drawing automation actually share a PEB job — which program should be master for geometry, sizes, drawings and reactions.

Approval Drawings

A submission-day checklist for steel approval packages: files, index, holds, transmittal, contacts and the questions a reviewer should not have to ask.

Approval Drawings

How to number structural steel drawings and revisions so indexes, files, transmittals and shop questions all point to the same sheet.

PEB Engineering

How PEB teams classify primary and secondary members, why the split matters for analysis and drawings, and what goes wrong when flange braces and purlins are treated as optional extras.

Approval Drawings

A cover sheet checklist for steel approval packages: project identity, index, holds, purpose of issue and the facts a reviewer looks for first.

PEB Engineering

How PEB approval drawings actually work: what the package must communicate, how comments should be logged, and how to keep analysis, reactions and sheets on the same revision.