1) I am a civil engineer in California.
2) I have been looking for employment elsewhere, for over 3 months.
3) An across the board pay-cut was instituted at my current employment.
4) I took this job when I was laid-off due to lack of work in 2009, when construction froze up. It did not pay...
Most of the plans I see now are on 11x17 sized paper, occasionally, but more and more, I am seeing plans at nonstandard "engineering" scales.
It seems like it would be convenient if I had a ruler that had 1:8 and 1:16. Does such a scale exist?...If so where can I purchase it?
1) I know an...
On every detail (Wabo and various DOTs) the joint seal is always shown sitting on top of a neat little step: either a 1/2" strip of metal when the groove is armored or it is placed in the neat sawcut groove.
I wonder if it might be alright to omit the little step that is shown (i.e. place the...
Does anyone know anything about these things?
1) What is the history, how long have they been around?
2) Have you used them and what do you think?
Would love to get rid of the nuclear gauge. Is this an alternative?
Currently HMA compaction (QA) is done via cores. So it appears that we...
Does anyone see any problems with using road base for a garage slab? Instead of sand or gravel.
The only issue that comes to mind, is the capillary break would be reduced.
It would be extremely helpful if someone would like to share their opinions on superelevation. This is a great forum.
Assuming:
1) Ice is not an issue.
2) Pedestrian facilities are not an issue.
3) The curve is isolated (there are not curves in the vicinity that the curve should be...
Say that a channel is welded to the bottom flange (of a simply supported wide-flange beam): That is, two welds (perpendicular to the beam) across the bottom flange, mid-span where the beam experiences its maximum stress.
Due to the welding and welds (say fillet welds 1/3 the thickness of the...
I'm looking at a set of plans (standard cast-in-place 4-span 2-lane slab with a metal rail) where the bridge is on a horizontal curve and vertical curve (sag) and I have some questions:
1) What is the cost, it must be more difficult to form?
2) Are there special issues structural, drainage...
