How Engineers Design Buildings: What Structural Engineers Actually Do

Structural engineers play a crucial role in the development of any new structure however, the analysis and design processes that they use are not widely know by many. In an effort to share what I've learnt about the role of structural engineers in construction over the past 2 years, in this video I take you through the 4 stages that structural engineers go through in order to bring a project to life. Enjoy :)
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:36 Project Initiation
01:44 Analysis
04:27 Design
05:35 Structural Drawings
06:15 Construction
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WHO AM I:
I’m Ben, a graduate structural engineer. I make videos about tech, engineering, productivity and self-development. On this channel I hope to provide entertainment, advice and knowledge for aspiring and young students and professionals.

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[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you! I’m so happy you are enjoying my videos :)

[@shishirdhawade2613]

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[@sam19022004]

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[@anahaa523]

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[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks so much! Glad you are finding the videos helpful :)

[@shishirdhawade2613]

Payments are very less. Risky job. Bad profession

[@kylejones5281]

​@@shishirdhawade2613maybe in india, but in australia civil engineers are one of the highest payed professions in the country

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[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you! I’m happy to hear you like it :)

[@theshadowworld6907]

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[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you and more coming soon! :)

[@shishirdhawade2613]

Payments are very less. Risky job. Bad profession

[@faisalahmed3935]

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[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you!!

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thanks alot for this, love from a final year civil engineering student

[@BEngHielscher]

My pleasure!

[@MaddyExex]

I'm second year Structural engineering student thanks for the great contents!

[@BEngHielscher]

My pleasure! Thanks for the comment :)

[@Kaycee2C]

Really nice Video . very easy to understand the process. Now my team will fully understand building process .

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you!

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Nice to see a young college. Keep it up with the good job. Here from Saint Kitts and Nevis

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you!!

[@willisilikefood9492]

Geeking out right now. I really want to become a civil engineer! I'm a Junior in High School, love what you do. Keep it up man!

[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks!

[@hansonhenry5568]

Thank you for the insight bro

[@BEngHielscher]

You’re welcome!

[@terryo5672]

Good explanation. I would also pick up the design contribution of connections by the fabricator , specialist contractors for specialist areas and the temporary works specialist. I would also reflect the importance of multi-d coordination, risk and assumption management and integration. I have been doing this for 43 years since by masters and retiring this year. Love this work, I would do it all again if I could.

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[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you!

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[@BEngHielscher]

My pleasure! Glad it helped :)

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Extremely informative

[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks!

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[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks! Glad to hear it helps :)

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[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you!

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Nice. Spot on.

[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks!

[@daydreamdreams]

Godspeed to your channel! These are very informative for aspiring structural engineer like me💗

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you!!

[@DeepakKrishna11]

pretty good rundown .

[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks Deepak! :)

[@OGTennyson]

I'm in my 3rd year of civil Engineering. (I'm about to finish...I'll be writing my 2nd semester exams in two weeks time 😅) Ur videos are really inspiring. I plan to become a structural engineer as well. It seems so fun and hard at the same time.... That's y I love it😭😂🤝 *Subscribed ❤️*

[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks and good luck with your exams! :)

[@tashidorji2033]

Could make video on how you proceed with the design, step by step after getting architectural drawings

[@stefanobonaiuti8243]

cool man, really cool. thanks.

[@stefanobonaiuti8243]

I hope to become an engineer myself, but studying is really really hard. I'm more interested about energy and stuff (I'm enrolled in a energy engineering university course), but your videos are super interesting.

[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks! I know studying can be a drag for some people but it’s only a short term thing so you just have to persevere and try your best to enjoy it :)

[@2BviewsOfficial]

amazing sir 🎉🎉🎉

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you!!

[@2BviewsOfficial]

@@BEngHielscheryou are welcome😊

[@mazinonso]

Thanks, prospective Msc structural engineering student

[@BEngHielscher]

My pleasure!

[@aaronkapepa6604]

Hello !!! Great video,keep it up. In what program was that multi storey building designed ?

[@BEngHielscher]

Hey Thanks! This building was modelled in spacegass :)

[@luismtz4519]

really interesting. Saludos 👍

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you! :)

[@shishirdhawade2613]

Payments are very less. Risky job. Bad profession

[@jonr9574]

I wanted to work for a gc as a super in infrastructure. Fortunately/unfortunately I studied civil engineering. Structural analysis was fun once I learned it but I unfortunately feel like most of my college experience was a wasted endeavor for what I needed in my career. It was good though for learning how to think and problem solve.

[@arturo6177]

Hey Beng, I just found your videos and are really incredible. They helped me so much, so THANK YOU. I wanted to ask you one thing, do you know if companies have more preference for engineers than capable architects? Im just finishing architecture and i really liked structures subjects but im worried that for this kind of jobs they would choose an engineering firstly.

[@BEngHielscher]

My pleasure, I’m glad you are enjoying my videos! I’m not sure if this is the same where you live but in Australia only people with engineering degrees work as engineers. Architecture degrees in Australia cover completely different content and would not prepare you to work in structural engineering. Perhaps this is different where you live or you could complete a masters in engineering?

[@shishirdhawade2613]

Payments are very less. Risky job. Bad profession

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Subscribed

[@LecturePal]

Awesome video! What camera are you using for the video?

[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks! This is filmed using an iPhone 11 Pro Max

[@YtbaccAP]

Hey! In engineering, do we still get to make designs(/learn how to do so) like in architecture? If not, should I get a degree in engineering and a master in architecture for the more design + art part? I’m very new to all of this so tysm for the video!! Helped a lot.

[@user-mm2kz1il7x]

Hey Beng, I love your content. I'm a first year mechanical engineering student, who would love to work in the civil engineering sector btu they don't have it at my school. Is it possible to become a structural engineer with a mechanical background? Your videos have helped me a lot in deciding my interests!!!

[@BEngHielscher]

I would say it’s possible but I think you would need to do a structural engineering masters. How else would you learn structural design principles and procedures ?

[@AyaanKhan-ei3gk]

Cool video , good job 👍 Is a bachelor's usually enough to start designing in structural engineering or is a master's a bare minimum to begin?

[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks! In Australia you only need to do a 4 year bachelors degree :)

[@AyaanKhan-ei3gk]

@@BEngHielscher thanks Ben

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David Goggins in the background

[@ahmedmonhem]

Is structural design majoring profitable? What is the most popular and profitable field designing steel structures or concrete structures?

[@mentalbrother4908]

Sir I have completed my graduation in civil engineering 2023 but i want to work as a structural engineer. Is there any possibility to work under you? I am from India

[@adrianuslahiwu1002]

Halo Mr Ben, i am Adrianus from Indonesia. May i ask you something ? On your design project, how big is the value of the MEP load on the building that ussually you use on it ? (MEP load on departement store building, office building, hospital building, and residental building)

[@BEngHielscher]

Hey this project is only for illustration purposes so I haven't modelled any MEP loads :)

[@adrianuslahiwu1002]

@@BEngHielscher I was asking about this to Mr Brendan Hasty, and i am so thanksfull to him because he was giving me the answer.

[@shishirdhawade2613]

Payments are very less. Risky job. Bad profession

[@engrzohaibshoukat9570]

What software for design and analysis are you using on MaacOS ?

[@BEngHielscher]

All the engineering design and analysis software I use is used on windows laptop :)

[@boleklolek2649]

I would be really surprised if you had a colour red on the top of that building from thumbnail. 🤔😂✌️

[@cleverwapi4499]

But im building Residencial house and I good at it.but I need to be come a structural Engineer. Help with the information a person like me. Where can I start to be come what I want 😢

[@aidos6731]

What kind of software do you use for the statical calculation?

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ftool

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0:04 : Btw, this is Bank from Indonesia. And you know, I'm from Indonesia

[@BEngHielscher]

Oh cool!

[@muhammadusmanshakeel7168]

Hi there, I have just wrapped up my B.E. Civil Engineering. Now I wanna continue my education in structure Engineering. But for I have approximately 6 months to apply in any University. Please guide me what should I do in these months so that It will boost my career.

[@BEngHielscher]

Hey congrats on finishing your bachelors! I think the best way to continue your education while you’re not at university is to get an internship. While you are looking, work on some personal projects, keep doing your study and try and expand your skills. Perhaps you could learn how a new software works. Hope this helps :)

[@carlosgarciaterrones6970]

Subscribed! Brother Beng as a student going for structural engineering, what kind of job should I be looking into if possible to start gaining experience? And or programs? Thanks!

[@BEngHielscher]

Welcome! I would suggest contacting small structural engineering companies in your area. This is where you will get the most exposure and experience. For the programs you should start learning, I would suggest you find out what’s popular locally. The easiest way to do this is to search for structural engineering jobs on LinkedIn and look in the skills section of the job description and see what programs they are wanting applicants to know. Hope this helps :)

[@zinkosmo]

How long do engineers do all those things for a certain project?

[@BEngHielscher]

It really depends on the size of the project. For a big multi-storey building it could be months and for a residential house it could be a week :)

[@zinkosmo]

@@BEngHielscher may I also ask do structural engineers work on one project at a time or multiple?

[@BEngHielscher]

Sometimes it’s just one and sometimes its multiple. As projects go through different stages of the design they stop and start a bit and so that no time is wasted you often can work on a other projects to fill that time.

[@kingzaizo2798]

I want a job bro, how can I get one in Australia?

[@cleverwapi4499]

I'm in Construction and I really love to be come structural Engineer. Hw hw can I start cz I dropped education cz of problems now I'm running my small company of Construction I wnt to upgrade myself. Where can I start to be a structural Engineer 😢

[@BEngHielscher]

University! All structural engineers have a Bachelors or Masters degree in structural engineering. So if you want to do it that’s the place to go :)

[@Hanns_designs]

which structural engineering software do you use?

[@BEngHielscher]

In this video I show Spacegass

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please i shall need

[@dont_listen_to_Albo]

Don’t give the architect too much credit. Non-building structures don’t require the involvement of the architect.

[@shishirdhawade2613]

Payments are very less. Risky job. Bad profession

[@chisangamumba2961]

I thought it was Architects who design buildings? 🤔

[@BEngHielscher]

Architects design the look of buildings, Engineers take it from there

[@headhunter6351]

In other words. architects dream it, structural eng turn the dream into reality...

[@shishirdhawade2613]

Struct engg is risky profession.And fees are very less. I think struct engg deserve less. I see many starve.

[@muhammadusmanshakeel7168]

Also Provide me your Instagram account or whatever source so that I will be in touch with you in future ☺️

[@BEngHielscher]

Hey I don’t really use Instagram right now so the best place to contact me is through this channel. Just leave another comment :)

[@muhammadusmanshakeel7168]

Specify the software that will enhance my structure analysis and design skills?

[@BEngHielscher]

Some sort of steel design software would be good. A popular one in Australia is spacegass

[@shishirdhawade2613]

Payments are very less. Risky job. Bad profession