I have a large covered porch about 750sf, L-shaped, and about 13' wide. The porch exterior walls are 8" block and brick and the interior wall is 8" block. We are going to fill the porches and pour concrete. The fill ranges from about 3'-4'. What would be the best fill material?
Thanks for the input. I just used the 20gpm for rough calculation purposes. I had some concern about the low velocity as well in the 2" pipe. Our frost line is 18" I believe, here NC but will definitely confirm before installing. I just had a local plumbing supply place quote me pipe and the...
My wife and I are getting ready to build a house on a large parcel and our house (1 story 5 bedrooms 5.5 baths) will be approximately 2400 feet from the meter. The house location is at most 10' higher than the meter. The county has already installed a 1" tap and meter for the parcel. The static...
I have a project where we have a pump station that will pump over a hill and then down to a dip at a directional bore under a creek and then to the discharge MH. The discharge MH elevation is lower than the pump station. Our initial thoughts are to install a Pressure relief valve/back pressure...
I have a project where we have a pump station that will pump over a hill and then down to a dip at a directional bore under a creek and then to the discharge MH. The discharge MH elevation is lower than the pump station. Our initial thoughts are to install a Pressure relief valve/back pressure...
I am working on a site plan that involves loading docks for semi trucks with 53' cargo trailers. The project is under construction and as the site is being graded my client is concerned with the driveway and potential dragging at the driveway. I am using AutoPath software to model the vertical...
Thanks for all the input and ideas! I know a face to face would be the best option but i was just thinking that i could get some letters sent out quicker and as the previous poster noted, get my name out there. Not expecting a lot but figure any potential exposure is better than no exposure...
I haven't considered the free advertisement for them. I could just state my involvement in projects noting the projects were at my previous employment without stating the name of the firm?
I started a new engineering firm about about a year and a half ago and am still working on drumming up business. I have considered sending some letters out to some architects in the area. Since my firm is still new I don't have a lot projects to highlight so I was wondering if it would be...
My father in law's business has a parking lot that slopes to one corner and then discharges via washed out rip rapped sale about 20 feet to the stream. There is a large hole of washed out area about midway between stream and parking lot. I am trying to help him stabilize. There is some rip rap...
I have a singed proposal for a project that involves site development plans for a church. My client is the general contractor. I prepared a preliminary full set of plans for my client which they shared with the church. I billed and received payment for substantial completion on the project...
There were many other comments from the building inspector that the GC will be correcting but the request for an engineers letter was only requested to "verify footings at posts are adequate".
