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, […]
Civil Preoccupation
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 […]
RE's TOOLBOX
Resident Engineer’s Toolbox-The Dashboard
So, in a past life, I started working on my MBA. Yup. It was the early 90’s, the stock market was raging, the economy was solid, and EVERYBODY wanted an MBA. EVERYBODY wanted to climb […]
RANTS
Trying to Find a Great Civil Engineering Website
Taking the leap and starting a blog was, initially, a difficult step for me. For a long time, I’ve had the desire to write, just never had the time. Correction: Never MADE the time…. Our […]