See Architect for Depression

Let's just say that there's this engineer I know who snickers just a little whenever he sees the note on structural plans that was the inspiration for this cartoon.

A Couple Of Extra Kickers

More than once I've been called to the job site to observe walls that blew down in the wind because the contractor didn't use enough kickers.

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Kicker: a temporary brace used to hold up a wall during construction

Good-Size Red Heads

Everyone who knows what a Red Head is can appreciate this one. Inspiration came as I was thinking of a time back in the early 90s when I was standing on a narrow steel beam about 150 feet off the ground inside the central shaft of the under-construction Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas. I was watching a couple of iron workers install bolts to repair some misplaced anchors that held up the end of the beam I was standing on. To them, they were just putting in a couple of "good-size" Red Heads.

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Click here if you don't know what a Red Head is

This Side Up

His next call will be to the structural engineer for a "fix".