r/StructuralEngineering is a subreddit with 149k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for, engineering, struggling, structural, and design, and they frequently recommend/review design software and tablet.
Structural engineering is the use of applied physics and mechanics to analyze and design man-made structures or objects to safely resist the loads imposed upon them.
Popular Themes in r/StructuralEngineering
#1
Advice Requests
: "Advice please…"
7 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Browser based analysis tools/AI Slop"
3 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Why Structural Engineering is so tiring and Payscale is less?"
3 posts
#4
Ideas
: "I built a UK timber hoarding design spreadsheet (TWf 2012:01 / BS 5975-2:2024) — free worked example in the comments"
1 post
#5
Money Talk
: "Passed PE and renegotiate job offer salary"
1 post
#6
Opportunities
: "Structural Engineer Seeking Opportunities After Layoff Due to Regional Conflict"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/StructuralEngineering
#1
Looking For
32 posts
#2
Engineering
16 posts
#3
Struggling
13 posts
#4
Structural
13 posts
#5
Design
13 posts
#6
Job
8 posts
#7
Structural Engineer
8 posts
#8
Career Dissatisfaction
7 posts
#9
Structural Engineer Search
7 posts
#10
Analysis
5 posts
Products Discussed in r/StructuralEngineering
Design Software
19 reviews
#1
RISA 3D
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
STAAD.Pro
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Metal Building Software
4.0★ from 1 review
Tablet
1 review
#1
Samsung
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/StructuralEngineering
#1
Structural Analysis/Design
: "Textbook Capacity Design - Venezuela Earthquakes"
53 posts
#2
Career/Education
: "Engineering students are testing whether their designs are earthquake-resistant."
44 posts
#3
Photograph/Video
: "Columns buckle in a Manhattan building under conversion"
36 posts
#4
Humor
: "Strong beams weak columns has arrived"
19 posts
#5
Failure
: "I haven't seen this angle yet, but the entire part of the Pfizer Building above the failed floors look visibly sagged."
15 posts
#6
Steel Design
: "What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you see it?"
7 posts
#7
Engineering Article
: "Structural Meme 2025-1-14"
7 posts
#8
Concrete Design
: "Dry Concrete in a Railway Pillar"
6 posts
#9
Wood Design
: "Portal Frame Detailing"
4 posts
#10
Op Ed or Blog Post
: "Steel produced after 1945 is slightly radioactive because of nuclear testing permanently contaminated the atmosphere"
3 posts
Member Growth in r/StructuralEngineering
Yearly
+26k members(21.0%)
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Last updated: July 24, 2026