CALCULATIONS

Prime Coat Calculations for IDOT

About a year 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 in construction anymore….). […]

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. […]

ARCHIVES

It’s More than a Line

I wanted to write a post discussing a design issue that we encountered out here on our site. MicroStation, AutoCADD and the like are the daily tools of choice for almost all designers, and no […]