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Hi, Does a 24 hour SFWMD rainfall distribution exist? I can only find the 72 hour SFWMD distribution and ICPR only has the 72 hour storm. Thanks.

Hi, I am a civil engineer with roadway/land development background. I am getting an opportunity to submit pricing for design of new fiber facilities through a very large territory (continuing contract basis). This will involve plan & profiles, DOT/local permitting, etc. It will not involve...

Hi, I need to get the available fire flow on a dead end line with one hydrant at the end. At the tap of this dead-end line is a fire backflow preventer. Since there is only one hydrant, we don't have a gauge hydrant. The fire contractor did a "single hydrant" flow test, which I've never seen...

Thanks, all. The existing well has actually been re-permitted for domestic use with the state. The only building will be the bathroom it self. It's called a "driver relief station".

Hi, I've been asked to do the "design plans" for the domestic water system for a commercial bathroom (one sink, one toilet). Problem is I've never done anything but water distribution design for public utilities. It is a public project and this is at a bus stop in the mountains of Colorado...

I recently left a firm that used Deltek Advantage for Accounting, Billing, Time Tracking, Job Costing, etc. I really liked it. Now I've joined a firm that uses an older version of Quickbooks. It's just not comparable to Deltek. Lots of spreadsheets, importing/exporting, etc. Not...

I have a (now) one-man civil engineering firm in FL that rode the wave up and rode the wave down in the real estate boom. My clients are almost all land owners/developers. Needless to say, I'm fighting to keep the doors open. I am now sending out my resume and interviewing with other...

chicopee, Of course I did. My question is related to plan production, and the path of least resistance in producing a contour grading plan. bank, Where is it written that FF needs to be 1 foot above the things you mention?

OK. What about if through all of this, I determine that I need a retaining wall. Is it best to locate it on the higher ground or low ground.

We're in Florida so don't have to worry about snow. Leading grocery retailer has typical 48' flat then sloping up about 11% on all of the facilities I've seen.

I have a client that needs a truck well designed. He needs a 48' long flat bottom and accepts 53' long trailers. What grade can I get away with for the sloped part of the truck well?

Hi All, I'm a SW Florida-trained engineer doing my first job in Texas, which is a small bank site. Where I work in Florida, it is so flat that we never use contour grading, just spot elevations. I need your expertise on babying me through the proper way to produce a grading plan using...

Yes, same flow. We're covered on erosion. That's not a worry. Yes, ditch exits property at the same location.

Hi Guys, It seems I've been using stormwater modeling programs for too long now and I can't figure out how to do something that should be simple. Here' the problem. I have a 80 acre project that is currently being farmed. When the property was purchased a few years ago it had a ditch running...

Yes, locates were called. Problem is the existing water main did not have locating tape. So the water company flagged it where they "thought" it was. They potholed in one spot, but that was it. The flags were about 3' off of the actual location of the water main. cr1973, I think it could go...

bimr, No not all contractors will do as you say. I hce long standing relationships with these folks and they'd give me straight answers. The contractors you speak of are the ones I stay away from. Sounds like you don't trust the contractors you work with with giving you straight answers.

No one knew it was that close until the contractor started digging. The water main is in the same trench as the gravity sewer. Instead of stopping when he discovered there was a problem, he just kept going and didn't call me.

If a note is on the plans, it is part of the contract. Isn't every note really a cya? I ran this by 2 contractors that I work with regularly and they said that they would've potholed the water main 1st, no question. They do it on every job on utilities that are somewhat close before they even...

It's already in the ground.

There is a detail that shows required horizontal and vertical clearances.