RE's TOOLBOX
Resident Engineer’s Toolbox – Arm Rest Tracking Sheet
My dad is a consummate list maker. Lists of jobs to do around the house. Lists of TV shows. Grocery lists. Lists of beer he likes. I am a list maker, no doubt. When it […]
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CALCULATIONS
Bridge Overhang Fillet Calculations
If you are a bridge engineer and you hear the term “negative filet,” you typically start shaking uncontrollably. It’s one of those natural reactions when your senses tell you that Something Isn’t Right. In this […]
ARCHIVES
When Slopes Fail – Part 2
In this, Part 2 of my series on slope stability & erosion control failures, I want to dissect another jobsite failure that one of our projects suffered through a couple of years ago. The conditions, […]
ARCHIVES
When Slopes Fail – Part 1
There are some people I know, when talking about their “college days,” who can recite chapters & verses of classes they took. They can remember class numbers, people in the class, problems they solved, the […]
CALCULATIONS
Prime Coat Calculations for IDOT
(Article Updated 8/10/24) Several years ago, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) changed the way it measures & pays for bituminous prime coat. What used to be a simple computation became complicated (just like everything […]