For the lab results, if the limits determines something is clay (Atterberg), but the clay content is much less than the silt (Hydrometers), would it be clay or silt?
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I've searched online but could not find the information I need. If someone could reference the document I would need to find this info, that'd be greatly appreciated.
I'm working on an SOE design for NYC Sewer and Water. I can't find any information on maximum depth of excavation per...
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I was looking to start a side business for some extra income. I'm a Geotech PE. I was hoping to do small projects with quick turnarounds. Most likely residential properties, single family homes, or multiplex homes, small apartments, etc. Or even small business structures. These seem...
I'm looking to open up the attic in my personal home. I attached a rough sloppy sketch. The top is how the frame is currently in the attic. The bottom is how I would like to frame it to open it up. The dash lines are where the perpendicular part of the attic. Is this set up fine for the...
Back story: I work at a multi discipline company in the NY metro area. Often that we discovered the civil and/or structural department excludes the geotech department in project and try to do the geotech work themselves. About 9 out of 10 times, they screw up and we have to come in and save...
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The current company I work for do not pay for PDH courses and credits, whether online or in person. I was wondering if the cost for attending the conferences for PDH credits are tax deductible? And if so, is it just the course/conference, or would the travel also be deductible? Anyone...
Have a coworker who I manage. He's going to grad school for PMP. He asked me to be a reference for him for his grad school application. He drafted one up using ChatGPT (with spelling errors too) and gave it to me to sign. He extremely glorified his experience at the company and isn't an...
Client wants us to design the SOE but also guide in the installation of the SOE. We've calculated that the sheets have to go down to 72 feet so that we can excavate down to 42 feet for the mat foundation. However, within the proposed area, there's an existing 60" RCP that runs through the...
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Our geotech department has a soil lab and in the soil lab, the Troxler gauges are stored with two layers of penetration in a storage closet. Our lab manager restricts anyone without a nuke badge into the soils lab due to Troxler gauges being there (in a locked closet within the soils...
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I've just started using this software, Ensoft SHAFT, in order to do a drilled shaft design for a project. It's for overhead sign structures.
The problem I have is that tip resistance goes to zero half way into the weathered rock layer...
I got my PE license in NJ. I then also applied for reciprocity in NY and TX. NY rejected my application saying I don't have enough experience. I have to show four years of design experience and what I submitted (through NCEES) was not adequate. How did NJ accept it but not NY? Is this common...
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I'm looking to transition to Texas. Currently I've spent 10 yrs working in the northeast Atlantic area. I want to move to Texas. But before I do, I want to expand my knowledge and skill on topics that would be useful for a geotech in Texas. Besides learning more about expansive clay...
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I recently passed the PE exam for Geotechnical. I was wondering how I can speak to my principals about moving up to become a project manager now that I'm a PE. I don't want to be in the field so often and prefer more of an office environment and tasks. I've done my 10,000 hours in the...
I have SOPE (School of PE) study material pdfs. It's supposedly catered towards CBT exam. The CBT exam has a reference manual that we can use for the exam. The SOPE material is suppose to reference equations to that manual.
What I found is the Eqn number they reference do not match up with the...
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I've become a salary (field) employee now. Finding myself doing a lot of overtime that I'm not getting paid for. How do I address this with management? Find myself taking work home and working for additional 2-3 hours because EVERYTHING is "urgent" and "asap". I'm not getting compensated...
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Just starting out at company in NJ. Been doing soil borings. Looked at logs of experienced geotech and noticed their logs mentioning generalized terms, "glacial deposit", "coastal plain deposits", "alluvium deposits" in their logs. Where are they getting this information from?
I've used...
