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CEGR 492 · Engineering Design Studio · Overview and Setup

Design Basis and Criteria

Field review: the conversation in which a scope, a constraint or a decision is actually settled.

Phase VI · Engineering Design Studio · Week 1–2

Design Basis and Criteria

Establish the governing criteria: strength, serviceability, durability, performance targets and their source clauses.

ASCE 7
ACI 318
AISC 360
AASHTO LRFD
Design basis completeness0%

Governing criteria (0)

Mark the criteria that control member sizing or serviceability as governing.

Design basis table

No criteria yet. Use "Seed starter basis" or "Add criterion" to begin the design basis table.

Design warnings (1)

  • No design criteria recorded yet — the design basis is undefined.

Learning objectives

  • Build a design basis table
  • Cite the governing standard for each criterion
  • Flag governing criteria

Engineering judgment

  • A criterion without a source is an assumption.
  • Serviceability governs more designs than strength.

FE Civil connection

Codes and standards

Handbook section: Professional Practice

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Module activities

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