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That makes sense. I'm a young engineer and don't have personal relationships with any contractors. Maybe I can get someone in my firm to make an introduction.
I am a civil engineer who periodically has to prepare cost estimates for earthwork. I can calculate the volume of soil for placement and removal, and I know how to do the unit cost calculations from RS Means, but I am at a complete loss as to how to select the appropriate machinery for the job...
The storage requirements for Highly Hazardous materials are covered in section 415 of the IBC, and grouped into classifications of H-1 through H-5. It is not clear to me whether or not these requirements are cumulative. If not, the requirements for H-3 and H-4 certainly seem to be less...
My civil engineering group produces (among other things) operations and maintenance manuals for wastewater treatment plants. Most of these products are 3-ring binders, but we're starting (finally) to produce "Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals". The problem is, we're doing this from...
I know this is an old thread, but since the contractors appear to have followed the bedding/backfill spec, can the engineer still hold them at fault for the deflected pipe?
