How to develop a Concrete Concept Design for both Engineers and Architects

When starting a building design it is hard to know what the concept design should be. And getting the structural scheme of the structure is in building design if you start with a bad scheme it will make the design much harder for both Engineers and Architects.
This video covers some simple rules to ensure that your Concrete building starts with a good structural scheme whether you are approaching it as an architect or as an engineer.
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[@OG_KS]

Thank you for your inspirational & informative content Sir! You're appreciated.

[@BrendanHasty]

Thanks for watching and support much appreciated

[@bikeshk.shrestha3014]

Your quick guides are really helpful. I keep following. Can you please do some videos on choice of column shape and orientation?

[@BrendanHasty]

Thanks bikesh for your support. The suggestion is also much appreciated. BTW Circular columns are the most efficient.

[@robo4745]

I like your video and your communication style. I also agree that engineers need to more clearly be involved in the early design process. However, post tensioned slab buildings make me nervous. I am an engineer from NZ where there are frequent earthquakes and aggressive corrosion environments. Also the number of times I have seen a services contractor going trigger happy with a core drill.. 😅

[@xdeepak12]

this channel is a gem thank you

[@BrendanHasty]

Appreciated your support Deepak!

[@paulinamotshegoa8963]

You are very much appreciated Brendan, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. You inspire me so much 😊😊

[@BrendanHasty]

Hi Paulina, thanks for watching and the support. Hope to keep inspiring.

[@rogerkong5818]

Penetrations are always next to the columns😄 A great knowledge sharing video backed by practical experience. Like it

[@BrendanHasty]

Hi Rodger, Agree penetrations also always near columns, this is the worse place for them. Thanks for the support.

[@malikdaniyel146]

Love it! Great information for architects and the design concepts for structural elements. Hopefully, they can appreciate the math and physic that's employed when designing homes and buildings. Malik from Barbados.

[@BrendanHasty]

Hi Malik, glad that you enjoyed it. Hopefully it can help everyone.

[@leviheath4533]

you deserve more subs m8, thanks for videos!

[@BrendanHasty]

Hi Levi, thanks for your support. Always looking to grow. Commenting on my videos helps alot to get my videos more views. Thanks again.

[@DeepakKrishna11]

That was a very helpful guideline. Keep going Brendan.

[@BrendanHasty]

Thanks Deepak, glad that you found it helpful. Thanks for the continued support.

[@GregNow]

This is great, thanks!

[@BrendanHasty]

Thanks Grzegorz

[@neerhindi6329]

Thank you Brendan for sharing with us. Cheers from Israel

[@BrendanHasty]

Thank you for your time to watch, cheer mate!

[@dykodesigns]

I’ve often experienced that architects love to not put walls or columns on top of each other. Take a single family house for example built in masonry. If it wasn’t for thick reinforcement concrete slabs, the architects would be more restricted in where they can place walls. I’ve often come across that this results in architectural design freedom but in a headache for the engineer, also requiring thicker slabs as compared to designs where the load bearing walls are nicely in line.

[@BrendanHasty]

Hi Dyko, thanks for watching. Yea some times architectural freedom can have a impact on efficient design. Yes we can design it but is it really the best for the project.

[@tafadzwamusekiwa659]

Brendan you are too good, wish you were my mentor

[@BrendanHasty]

Hi Tafadzwa, hope I can mentor you through these videos, thanks for the support

[@tafadzwamusekiwa659]

@@BrendanHasty the videos are doing a great job, however there are other areas I still struggle with especially connections in RC and steel structures wish I could see you clarifying these in real life scenarios

[@kevinfernandez19]

Thanks Brenda for sharing. Watching from PH.

[@BrendanHasty]

Thanks for the support Kevin,

[@aphexHQ]

Another knockout Brendan, great video - delivering information in an engaging way! A rock-solid video. Or should we say concrete-solid...

[@BrendanHasty]

Hi Aphex, thanks for the support and watching. Glad that you enjoyed it. =D

[@christianduenas8479]

Great video Brendan. Very informative!

[@BrendanHasty]

Thanks mate!

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Really nice videos!!! Thank you for your content

[@BrendanHasty]

Thanks for watching!

[@fajarali6935]

I have a question. what should a overseas civil engineer do to get job in Australia . or how can he find without paid internship? or what should he learn to pass interview to get job. as its very difficult for overseas civil engineer to find job in australia. as structural engineer

[@BrendanHasty]

Hi fajar, interview are necessary to get across the line, I have seen many overseas graduates. Also look at a bigger range of compines.

[@oimpe]

Great video!!

[@BrendanHasty]

Thanks for the support Ivan

[@ayadayad4299]

excellent video .. plz the (fc) strength of concrete in usa specification cylinder test or bs specification in cube test ( fcu) ? fc= 0.8 fcu .. thx lot

[@bengthebrazilianengineerinAus]

Hi Brendan, great video as always. May I ask you how you do those dynamic edits on your videos? Trying to implement them into my vids as well :) Thanks.

[@BrendanHasty]

Which ones? I use davinci resolve and about 20 hours editing, davinci resolve does all these I am sure you could do it in other software too eg After effects. Hey send me a email.

[@bengthebrazilianengineerinAus]

@@BrendanHasty I've heard very well about Davinci. I've been using Premier Pro, but I'm not well-versed in editing. I've sent through an email. Good to connect. Cheers

[@ISCDESIGNAustralia]

spans and beam depths are always my biggies..:)

[@BrendanHasty]

span to depths are always a good start, thanks for the support.

[@fajarali6935]

Hi do you have any online course for structural engineers? is there any courses on patrion?

[@BrendanHasty]

Hi Fajar, currently no courses but they are being planned at the moment hopefully start releasing some this year.

[@fajarali6935]

@@BrendanHasty please prepare courses in way that it will be helpful for beginner to advance for civil engineers.

[@fajarali6935]

Hi Brendan how can i contact you?

[@BrendanHasty]

Here or becoming a supporting member throught patrion or youtube.

[@michaelmolter8828]

How unique is the Australian way of designing things? Are your codes similar to Europe, or do you have something entirely your own like the US?

[@BrendanHasty]

Australia has it own code. But we do go into different codes eg ACI or Euro sometimes. But all codes get a similar answer.

[@michaelmolter8828]

Would you be able to put US units in for the rest of us? Maybe a tiny caption on the bottom of the screen. Constantly converting back and forth in my head makes it difficult to follow the flow of the video. I know, we’re dinosaurs, but we use kip (1000 lb), ksi (1000 lb/in2), and psf (lb/ft2) for floor loads. It’s interesting how differently similar US and non-US structural design is. Same concepts, different names.

[@BrendanHasty]

The span to depth ratios are the same, I did think about this for the column size but was unsure if the ratio to ksi/(concrete strength) was the same if you do the number on a 1% column let me know btw the column ratio. The one thing I should have done was the typically spans m to ft. Thanks for the feedback

[@allenfrostjames5521]

Hai Brendan .. I have just began my career in structural engineering from India. I am trying to move to UK for a structural Eng .job.. But i am not confident in my knowledge of RCC design , also I am struggling to understand British Codes and Design ... Could you Recommend some Civil Engineering books based on british codes that completely teaches the RCC Analysis & design , based on British Standards so as to clear my basics first ..I would highly appreciate if let me know the books..

[@istiadahardh1720]

Please, what are the units of the column size formula?

[@BrendanHasty]

these are in metric so mm, hope this helps

[@Alen069]

you opinion on structural engineers using BIM software and being more familiar with it in regards to make the relation with an architect more successful. Allplan software for example. what is your experience on those types of software? maybe even make a new episode on that topic😁 kind regards from Europe, Montenegro.

[@BrendanHasty]

Hi Alen, thanks for the question. I think engineers should jump into BIM it helps alot, it would be a good video. I haven't used all plan, typically I have used revit or autocad.

[@Alen069]

@@BrendanHasty thanks for taking time to answer! Cheers 😁

[@kasunjayasinghe869]

Hi, What is the demand for civil draftsman in Australia?.

[@BrendanHasty]

Hi Kasun, it is high demand here at the moment.

[@ayadjasim9911]

Hi Brendan .. plz at 10:30 as a Thumb rule .. the fc’= 40 mpa( up 5 story ) .. 50 mpa (up 10 story ) .. 65 mpa ( up 15 story ) .. 80 mpa ( up 20 story) .. is that true ? Fc’ = compression strength of concrete slender ( British standards) Thx

[@BrendanHasty]

Hi Ayad you can extend these out(more stories), these are more a guide then a rule. Fc is the same. What do you typically see. The lower the fc the larger the column.

[@ayadjasim9911]

@@BrendanHasty what I mean Eng.Brendan that Fc’=compression strength concrete (American standard ) cylinder test Fcu = compression strength concrete ( British standard ) cubic test Fc’= 0.8 * Fcu I think your topic in video fc’ .. is that true ? Thx

[@mohammedlasmi649]

Thanks too much ENG

[@BrendanHasty]

Thanks