Q&A
Q&A – How Soon Can I Drive on My New Driveway?
So I don’t know if the question was posed by an engineer or by a non-engineer, so I’ll answer it for both and tailor my answer to each’s general knowledge base. If you are an […]
Construction Engineering Blogs
RE's TOOLBOX
Resident Engineer’s Toolbox – Flexureflow
I’m always looking for new tools. Harbor Freight is like the Toys-R-Us for workshop aficionados like me – You can NEVER have enough tools The same goes for tools at work – I like to […]
RE's TOOLBOX
PROJECT MANAGEMENT TACTICS – Tracking Open Job Issues
So an email pops up on my screen a couple of weeks ago from our main office – A gathering of senior staff would be assembled to discuss an upcoming retreat for various company staff […]
RE's TOOLBOX
Dye Penetration Testing of Structural Steel
Concrete. Strong in compression, weak in tension, right? That was one of those really early civil engineering lessons that we learned about early in our 200-level Strength of Materials course. Steel. Strong in tension, kinda […]
TAILGATE TALK
TAILGATE TALK – Hearing Protection
OK, show of hands – How many of you admit to spending part of your youth at “Way Too Loud” music concerts? My hand is WAY up in the air. Back in the day, ignorance […]