Great thread.
I have never recorded a meeting, but have had a few recorded, plus any work "on the record" (hearings, etc).
Simplest format for me is at the end of the meeting, verify what we touched on the agenda, read out everyone there's action items if they have any, and send the basic...
That's awesome. Way to persevere.
I always give a piece of advice to people taking the exam: "Figure out the units and the order of magnitude for the answer before you do anything else". Sometimes the right circle to fill in will jump out before you have to do any real calculations, giving more...
To follow on with this thread, I find myself in roughly the same position.
I am an owner/partner in both a small Civil firm and small Surveying company. Work load is good in both and I need a drafter that I can swing into both companies. I need a person who has both civil and survey experience...
Great thread.
When I first started out I worked for the Federal Government (DoD). My department was split into about 60 branches. The entire department had 600 engineers, with about 1 middle manager for every 10 engineers. Each branch could be forced to work overtime based on production of the...
Quick follow up on this:
I followed most of the advice here and kept my insurance co up to date.
I asked the Owner for a meeting to discuss all of the issues after I showed that our errors did not in any way increase the cost of the process except possibly some contractor admin (possibly)...
I have had a few clients try this. My response is always the same:
"I understand why you wouldn't get permits, but on my plans you will see the "Statement of Special Inspections" and it tells you which inspections the jurisdiction has to do, and which need to be performed by a Special Inspector...
I would see if you can set yourself up as a short-term contract employee if you want to work telecommuting. Show you are so confident in your ability, skill set, and ability to complete work that you are willing to take some risk in the arrangement. There is no point for the company to pay you...
My laptop is a 17" and the posters above are correct, the screen sucks if you are trying do anything other than send e-mails or type documents. Once you are used to running 2 or 3 screens, a laptop screen is really hard to get used to. Forget about doing anything in CAD except the most minor...
I must be missing something (maybe a portion of my brain).
We have been working with a client in a Zone X flood with a historic flood depth about 30" above finished floor. Our scope of work was to design the stop-log system for the door openings. Simple work, we have done this lots of times...
Yep. We work a lot around the logging industry and have done a lot of work on wood pile supported: lumber mills, logging and rail bridges and docks and that detail is the one most used. Not pretty, but hard for the average millwright to screw up. In the environments we are working in; pretty is...
That is a great point Ron. It is kind of a better way of saying what I said above: A contractor can play dumb a lot easier than an engineer can. It really comes down to the type of work you are doing and how you bid it.
In my case, my partner was mostly bidding public work as a contractor. He...
Yes, almost exactly.
It wasn't me but my partner was a PE for a while and then got into big civil construction for about 10 years, and then did engineering for 15 years, and then opened a civil construction company about 7 years ago.
I know they spent a lot of time with the different insurance...
I'm sure there are situations/designs where this could work, and plenty where it doesn't.
Are you a supervisory engineer with direct access to your design team in India?
Are you redlining and returning drawings for revision and then approving? This seems like having an active part in the design...
beej67 it is funny you should say that for a couple reasons 1) my surveyors are out getting topo for a bus barn facility my engineering firm is working on and 2) I also never throw the surveyor under the bus unless the bus is in the way.
I just got a new project in my engineering office for a...
Thanks everyone for the insight thus far. It really has been great to have some perfect stranger's perspectives.
Since the OP I have taken a little action:
Got in the field and verified the information - we indeed had a blow on an invert by a foot. I grilled the field crew mercilessly and it...
