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What we look for in a Foundations homework sheet

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Red-ink marked structural calculation homework sheet on a desk

Marked homework at Meadowpath is strict on three things: units, free-body diagrams, and stated assumptions. A correct final number with a silent support settlement assumption still loses marks.

We ask students to box reactions, label shear and moment diagrams, and write one sentence on why the structure is determinate or not. That sentence often reveals more than the arithmetic. Employers who fund places tell us the same habit shows up in their checking folders within a term.