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    Infiltration over limestone

    Iha, I work for a company called Regency Centers. We are a developer. My office is right on the Philly border in Bala Cynwyd.
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    Infiltration over limestone

    There exist a "Best Management Practice Manual & Infiltration Feasibility Report: Infiltration of Stormwater in Areas Underlain by Carbonate Bedrock within the Little Lehigh Creek Watershed". This "manual" was prepared for the Lehigh Valley Planning commission by the Cahill Accociates and...
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    Finding Seminars

    Where are you located? And what subjects are you looking for? I found classes on programs like AutoCAD and other Engineering programs through local community colleges. Some Organizations you sign up for send you continueing education courses and their time and location. Local community...
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    Surveying/Site Planning/Civil Design Software

    I personally really like all of Bentley Systems Software (I am bias), Which is Microstation, Triforma, and a bunch others. I worked for microstation as a summer job so I got to test a lot of their software. It is very user friendly. Plus they have an educational program like the one suggested...
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    Pavement Design - Regional Factor, Frost Depth and Serviceability

    I have two Engineer's pavement calculations in front of me and they use different methods to calculate pavement cross sections. I also have two flexible pavement design books which are explaining a slightly different method then the two engineers use. Some issues that I have are as follows...
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    Need to learn civil drafting

    The PE that I work under drafted while he was in college. He can put together a conceptual plan faster than anyone I know and understands Drafting Standards and Civil Design very well. He tells me that it had to do with his drafting experience. I do think you need a CE degree of some sort to...
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    AASHTO Structural Number Equation

    I was wondering if anyone knew a way of imputing the AASHTO Structural Number Empirical Formula into an excel spread sheet? I am trying to make it so I can just change the values of everything but the SN to out put a SN. I am trying to see if how much the cost benefit of the change in Standard...
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    Land Development Textbook

    I just recently graduated school and just finished a transportation class and the instructor recommended the following book. I have been working for a developer for the past two months and used the book three times. My manager had me copy a chapter in it so the rest of our group could benefit...
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    Tracking Bid History

    I have heard of several different programs that have capabilities of what you want, but I have used them when I worked for a General Contractor. The one is an online program which supposedly is set up for consultants, GCs, Subcontractors and others. It tracks everything. Also there is a...
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    CBR, Compaction, Pavement Thickness and Cost

    One thing I have been noticing is that ASTM D 1557 and D 698 are used interchangeablely and I am trying to figure out the cost implications between using one or the other. If you use 698 to find the OMC opposed to 1557, your CBR is going to be lower. But is 1557 worth using because then when...

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