CALCULATIONS
Seeding Yield Checks for Heavy Highway Projects
Being a construction engineer is kind of like being an ER doctor or nurse – You never quite know what kind of challenge is going to walk in the door, but you have to be […]
CALCULATIONS
CALCULATIONS
Slag Use in Heavy Highway Construction
Our office was recently asked a question regarding the possible use of slag in a construction project. I decided to do a “shallow dive” into slag, its properties & uses insofar as construction in Illinois […]
CALCULATIONS
ADA Sidewalk Ramp Design & Construction Resources
The winter months for most construction engineers, at least in northern climates like here in Chicago, involve time in the field office crunching numbers & closing out a season’s worth of quantity entries, materials documentation […]
CALCULATIONS
The Cost of Construction Labor
The majority of my working life has been spent on projects involving government agencies – The Illinois or the Chicago Departments of Transportation, various county highway divisions, O’Hare Airport, basically public works-focused clients. Each entity […]
CALCULATIONS
Pile Driving Monitoring – An Alternate Method
Construction engineering can sometimes be, well, OK, I’ll say it – It can get boring…. I know, you’re going to jump down my back and tell me I’m being hypocritical. “Oh c’mon, Bob, you always […]