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  1. jakin

    Textbooks and Readings?

    For immediate use on the job: NAVFAC DM 7.1 Soil Mechanics web.umr.edu/~rogersda/umrcourses/ge441/dm7_01.pdf) NAVFAC DM 7.2 Foundations and Earth Structures www.ce.washington.edu/~geotech/courses/cee523/manuals/NAVFAC72.pdf)
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    Getting PE as a US immigrant

    PS: The reference for the 2nd paper above is http://www.asee.org/acPapers/2003-545_Final.pdf
  3. jakin

    Getting PE as a US immigrant

    CinciMace, you may not need to go through the exams if your degree fits the requirements. The Washington Accord that has previously been referred to applies only to recognition of degrees from signatory countries with effect from the date that country signed up. In the case of New Zealand...
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    rock anchor in Gneiss w/ Rec60%&RQD47%

    With that level of RQD, I should be worried. I should first consider pre-grouting to increase the soundness of the anchorage medium. Then, I should carry out a pull test to ascertain that the anchors would be able to carry the design load.
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    geotechnical investigation

    Sorry, that Gidigasu book was an Elsevier book, not Balkema.
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    geotechnical investigation

    Johnwill65, I suggest you should get a geotech engineer to give you advice from a few borings at well selected locations. The cost would be money well-spent. 20% contigency? You must have a client with a deep pocket! Dzitseawuku, are you in a lateritic (cemented residual) formation? [If so...
  7. jakin

    Bearing Capcity for Soft Clay over Stiff Clay

    I doubt that this would be an MSE wall support ... to be underlain by soft clay. My reaction is same as BigH, .... byepass the soft clay layer, what with frost depth, etc. Also, even with a 7ft foundation depth, your B/D is still reasonably low. Just wondering, has it occured to you maybe you...
  8. jakin

    FE/PE Exam Advice

    Waskillywabbit, I had to take both FE and PE about 25 years after college because I came from another country where I had been a registered engineer. In my opinion, "review manuals" should not be seen as study material, but only for review AFTER you have studied. One mistake many make is to...
  9. jakin

    Pocket Penetrometers

    I use it routinely as backup for split spoon or shelby tube samples of clayey soils that I am very familiar with. I would however not rely on it for soft to very soft clays, for which I probably would depend on in-situ vane shear test results. Its results are reliable when the sandy or silty...
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    Fake Credentials

    BTW, EddyC, as Rich2001 has shown, credentials from non-3rd world countries can be manufactured just as easily as those from "3rd world countries can be forged easily by paying a small fee". The only difference is that the fee here is higher.
  11. jakin

    deep foundation

    Another useful reference: NAVFAC Design Manual 7.2 - Foundations and Earth Structures
  12. jakin

    academia - associate vs assistant vs emeritus

    "Happy-go-lucky"? Maybe your favorite teachers haven't familiarized themselves with their job description: publishing, more publishing, teaching and service. They would be lucky to secure tenure after 6 or 7 years, thus allowing them to move from "Assistant" to "Associate".
  13. jakin

    Re Micropile design, SE delivers and Geotech delivers?

    Not all geotech engineers have expertise in micropile design or construction. As DRC1 has pointed out, it is a specialty discipline. A good installer would have crawler rigs that require no more headroom than what could fit into a room in a building. Typically, all an installer needs is...
  14. jakin

    Continuing Education for PE's

    In some professions, continuing education (a minimum number of CEUs) is required to maintain one's license. Should this be extended to PEs?
  15. jakin

    Standard Penetration Values less than 10 blows/ft

    BearcatEngineer, I would very strongly suggest that you pay a geotech company to handle all your geotech concerns. N < 10 is actually meaningless without contextualizing the problem. For example, for clay with N < 4, I would not feel confortable depending on SPT results. Rather, I would...
  16. jakin

    How far do you commute?

    EngJW: Don't believe everything you hear about Detroit. Detroit is OK, has problems not too much different from most large cities. Unlike NickE, I live in the west suburbs of Detroit and work downtown. The commute is usually not bad, except now when construction on the Ford and Jeffries...
  17. jakin

    How far do you commute?

    45 miles each way on freeway; 40 to 70 min, depending on whether the state police is on patrol or not; commuted this way for 15 years. Downside, face east going and west returning, meaning always facing the sun. Fun part, watching other commuters eat breakfast, apply make-up, complete...
  18. jakin

    PE for Engineering Professors

    What I'd like to see is a requirement that a prospective professor work in industry for three or four years between degrees (or after the PhD) before being accepted on the faculty of an engineering program. Unfortunately, with many large research universities, this will probably never happen.
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    Is this offer normal?

    Manpower401, I am also a foreigner. However, I suggest you don't allow that to be a handicap. If you feel comfortable taking the job, go ahead. If you don't feel adequately compensated, you have choices. One is to improve yourself professionally. If you don't have a PE, work on it. Also...
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    PE for Engineering Professors

    The professors in the online discussion group I referred to earlier were all civil (geotechnical) engineers. The president of the ASCE tried to encourage them to be PEs, at least to set a professional example to their students. Those who didn't see the reason for licensure were all from the...

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