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I have a client who is asking about two different sanitary sewer lining options for the initial lining of the pipe before it is cured in place with hot water/steam: 1. Lining by inserting a flexible tube inverted by water or air pressure 2. Lining by pulled-in-place flexible tube which is then...

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Ron - I don't know all of the details since this wasn't my project, but I do know that the base was existing asphalt and they did do a 3.25" grind of the existing pavement so that they could put back a new 3.25" pavement section. One of my first thoughts was that the grinding operations may...

A street that was just paved under my company's supervision seems to have some asphalt surface variations that make the ridability somewhat bumpy. Both the consultant(us) and the Village are questioning what the contractor could have done wrong to make this road feel so bumpy. The contractor...

You can find recent prices on Illinois DOT projects at this site: http://www.dot.state.il.us/desenv/payitems.html Your price will certainly vary based upon the size of the project and the size of your structures.

Here are some more pictures, you can see what's going on a little better here. Any feedback you all can provide would be great. Thanks http://i1.tinypic.com/s18cpz.jpg http://i1.tinypic.com/s18dh4.jpg http://i1.tinypic.com/s18dnq.jpg http://i1.tinypic.com/s18dtw.jpg

Here are some more pictures, you can see what's going on a little better here. Any feedback you all can provide would be great. Thanks http://i1.tinypic.com/s18cpz.jpg http://i1.tinypic.com/s18dh4.jpg http://i1.tinypic.com/s18dnq.jpg http://i1.tinypic.com/s18dtw.jpg

this was just posted at corrosion eng. as well, but thought some might like to see this: I uploaded the pictures at www.tinypic.com Search for images CopperCorrosion1 and CopperCorrosion2 and you'll see what I'm talking about in this case. http://tinypic.com/tags/?tag=CopperCorrosion1...

UncleSyd and others - I uploaded them at www.tinypic.com Search for images CopperCorrosion1 and CopperCorrosion2 and you'll see what I'm talking about in this case. http://tinypic.com/tags/?tag=CopperCorrosion1 http://tinypic.com/tags/?tag=CopperCorrosion2 Metengr is right, this is Lake...

This is Lake Michigan water. The corrosion appears to start right at the flare of the nut that screws into the shutoff valve. It looks like a typical 1" of 1 1/2" copper water house service. I do have pictures, but do not know how to post them here, and I do not have a website where I can...

This is Lake Michigan water. The corrosion appears to start right at the flare of the nut that screws into the shutoff valve. It looks like a typical 1" of 1 1/2" copper water house service. I do have pictures, but do not know how to post them here, and I do not have a website where I can...

Thanks Carl!

I've had a contractor friend contact our company about a project that his company completed 18 months ago that has had some problems arise recently. They completed a water main project and installed all water services. The Village has called him regarding leaks with these services, although...

I've had a contractor friend contact our company about a project that his company completed 18 months ago that has had some problems arise recently. They completed a water main project and installed all water services. The Village has called him regarding leaks with these services, although...

I just saw this post and agree - this looks like a foreign language to me. If anyone has a clue whether or not if we "normal" engineers qualify for another tax break, let us know.