5 Lessons from 20 Years in Structural Engineering

[@BrendanHasty]

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[@DeepakKrishna11]

It is great to know about past experience in engineering. Keep going mate.

[@malikdaniyel146]

Great caption of your 20 years in the structural engineering. Two key factors you mentioned and i also value were 1. working in a small firm to have a more rounded knowledge and experience on projects before moving on to bigger companies. 2. Site experience is very important to see how the design principles are constructed and areas and problem solving when issues occur on site. Malik from Barbados

[@johnmolefe3380]

You the best Mr Hasty.

[@TheunsGideonJudeel]

Great video Brendan, I think is crucial that all engineers share their experiences with those around them. Any chance to get access to the full talk you shared snippets of at the end?

[@BrendanHasty]

Hi Theuns I do, let me see what I can do

[@TheunsGideonJudeel]

Thanks Brendan, appreciate it!

[@BrendanHasty]

Hi Theuns, I just uploaded it to Patron, you can check now. Cheers!

[@ufukkandemir6036]

hi, Would you like to make a content about rammed earth building?

[@andrevargas8450]

Hey Brendan! Quick question did you a Masters in Structural Engineering? Do you "fully" recommend doing a Masters and why? I love your vids!! Thank you for everything. Greetings from Nicaragua

[@BrendanHasty]

Hi Andrew, thank you for your support! I didn't do Masters and instead I started to do internship when I was in the 2nd year in Uni. I would say a Master degree is not as valuable as working experience unless you want to go down the acadamia path.

[@gourabsarker9552]

Sir do you earn 180k dollars a year as a civil engineer in Australia? Plz reply. Thanks a lot.

[@stephenbrickwood1602]

I have a question. A big logical question but simple. Outside your structural experience. Given the following. I have discovered that the national power grid is fragile because it is extremely expensive. 66% of electricity bills are grid costs. Snowy 2, budget of $2billion has increased to $12billion. This is the transmission cost that now are added to this project. That all centralised electricity generation needs the electricity grid. To disperse the electricity to the millions and millions of ends of the grid. That distant Renewables electricity biggest problem is the transmission costs, as nuclear promoters keep saying. 5 times more electric transmission grid capacity for the 5 times more electricity in the no fossil fueled future. This all means that centralised electricity generation has a huge additional cost, the new grid construction costs. Australia is being pushed into nuclear electricity generation to stop worldwide CO2 proliferation. Given your background in construction and many logical engineers in construction why do you think the Australian engineering profession is silent on this matter. Electric vehicles are also part of the agreed future. With big batteries for the long drive. But parked 23hrs every day. Rooftop PV is affecting the Australian grid now and needs more batteries. EVs plugged in would be perfect. The Australian engineering world is silent. Is it your employer politics that keeps engineers quiet.?????? Government big money that keeps engineers quiet. If Australia goes nuclear, the sunniest continent on the planet, then 9billion people will need nuclear to stop CO2 proliferation and climate destabilisation. Very simplistic but fundamentally true. So why the deafening silence from engineers on a nuclear Australia ?????

[@stephenbrickwood1602]

An early lesson was have a solution or 2, before taking a problem to your boss or others. He will have a better understanding of the problem and appreciate you trying to solve it first. You are paid to define and solve problems.

[@thejokert8]

Your title does not make sense Brendon.

[@BrendanHasty]

Thanks for letting me know

[@stephenbrickwood1602]

20million buildings and 20million vehicles. With EVs plugging in like home robotic vacuum cleaners and parked 23hrs every day 20million x 100kwh batteries = 2,000gWh in storage. Daily. 20million rooftops 6.6kw = 20million x 33kwh = 660gWh daily. Fossil fueled generation is 25gW = 600gWh if lucky, 300gWh avg Daily Rooftops are at the ends of the existing national grid and needs no new transmission with EVs. This renewable solution has an unloaded grid and is a dirt cheap solution for Australia and the world. Our politicians have Arts Degrees and need unbiased engineers with BE Degrees who are free of paid self-interest promoters.

[@stephenbrickwood1602]

Can a Professional Engineer speak up on big national issues ??? Although I have had decades in construction and worked on coal fired power station and gas fired turbine generation and a 1,700 tower transmission line, I find that the following is a simple but multi part problem with 'experts' talking outside their expertise. And making logic mistakes that they use to critic others. So just have a think please and speak up. This is a $trillions matter for Australia. An engineering matter, that is fundamentally misunderstood.

[@BrendanHasty]

Hi Stephen if you have good examples I would be happy to do a video on this

[@stephenbrickwood1602]

@@BrendanHasty Let me get back to you