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 […]

RANTS

Failure to Lead

I love the subject of leadership. As much as I like to geek out on technical calculations and engineering principles, I think that, as I age, I am finding much more reward in leading people. […]