MexAmerican_Moose

capitalism for sure....free speech has consequences....i love this country

yeah, stupid posts...looks like they belong in the burbs, not the inner city...i am close by and was going to give them a shot but those posts are off putting and i lean to the right

idk but i always did like the shaded canopy portion of that building facing Cullen

im down

those sheetpiles are definitely deep...should hold up, but mother nature is a mother&#@&

On 11/27/2019 at 7:18 AM, BeerNut said:

When can we start converting parking garages to have cabanas and roof top pools?

lol, structural PE here, i haven't done a parking garage design but i did have to analyze one for a construction addition we did to one of the interior floors...garage live loads vs office live loads is very non-intuitive until you run the math...typical garage live load is 40-50 psf with a point load of ~4 kips or so....for office live loads, its ~75-100 psf....if its a pool, i suspect the loads are way higher....anyways, we had to make our addition as light as possible

got into both...UH gave me more money, ez choice /whocares

nobody has a problem with building an IT/data center, which by the way, was just recently proposed....everybody HAS a problem with the way UT handled the land purchase...arrogance, must be nice having PUF moneyz

I actually don't have a problem with UT building a campus in Houston, its a good thing for the city and competition for UH. I do have a problem with the current system of higher education funding in the state of Texas; so backwards.

Why would it be unfair to you? According to this thread you turned down a PUF funded education and are happy about it now.

You're a smart person, I don't need to explain to you whether the PUF is fair or not, you already know the answer.

You're right, I am happy with my decision, it was pretty easy. UH offered me a full engineering scholarship without PUF money whereas UT and A&M didn't. That's pretty impressive. Imagine what they could do for other minority/low income students in the greater Houston area with increased state funds.

One more point. This is the perfect opportunity for UH and its alumni to start "flexing" its growing political muscle. Long gone are the days of UH being a pushover/beta/not doing anything. I noticed it during my undergrad years. There is a renewed sense of pride on Cullen Blvd. It might be a combination of increased academic standards and having a good football team; i'm not sure. But it is having a major effect on this new generation of Coogs.

The way you present this argument is that Texas and A&M only became premier because of the PUF but its much more basic and fundamental than that.

 

Texas and A&M are premier because the state constitution expressly advocated the creation of a premier university including the agricultural and mechanical portion (presumably to qualify for federal land grants as well) and created the PUF to achieve this goal.  Why should Houston get PUF funding? Just because it exists and Houston wants it? Give me a break.

i think most alumni are upset at the current funding of higher education in Texas...it seems pretty unfair

same here, picked UH Engineering....doing pretty good for myself now

is 1 million dollars enough?

because of the entitled attitude 

 

^^^ awe come now h-townman... you know what the real problem is...

folks just need to get over themselves and stop being so jealous of TEXAS and our BURNT ORANGE KINGDOM.

why is it that every time that TEXAS announces something moving forward, the conspiracy theorist spring forth like USA drones getting after ISIS??

one can only guess that its just part of human nature around these parts... right?

well, never fear.. for when all is said and finally done...

 

he's saying the right things...hopefully they do the right thing...

pathetic

tired of the high united prices to mexico city, its only a 2 hr trip...will be switching to SW for sure

i design bridges...why not make the trains less heavy and change the axle dimensions to match that of a hs-20 truck?

downtown houston view from the home side of the stadium

They are trying to fix Cullen before the first game, the SB lanes are done, they should be starting on the NB lanes any day now.

yup, a&m students get screwed

hell yeah, roadies to nawlins every other year is worth it alone

UH fan here, went to a couple of road games against Tulane when were with them in CUSA...the atmosphere at the dome was depressing....there were always more coog fans than Tulane fans...i'm sure that your new on campus stadium is going to increase the gameday atmosphere at Tulane football games

i just don't understand why the gas tax hasn't been increased since it was implemented, at the very minimum increase it to keep up with inflation, damn politicians

no way it takes 31 months to design/build that bridge....bridge engineer here....are they going to run a separate train on the east portion?