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    Speakerphone Etiquette

    Three words 'Skype for Business'. Has the advantage of allowing conference calls where everyone can stay at their own PCs and the meeting leader can either present their screen to everyone or allow any one of the participants to take control to point out a problem. It also means if someone...
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    Adjusting manual turning counts with seasonal factors?

    In the UK we have the concept of 'neutral months' (April, May, June, September and October) which is when, ideally, traffic counts would be undertaken such that they were representative of a notional 'average' day, week or month. It looks like you have a similar concept. I would suggest that...
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    Trump's wall

    "liquid cement; must be a new product we haven't heard about." Isn't liquid cement the stuff used to stick plastic models together. Start pouring that in the heat of the southwest and never mind about lack of strength - the thing won't get finished for all the workers getting high.
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    Kolkata, India Flyover Collapse

    At least it was just the head of 'HR & Admin' who said that. If it was an engineer...
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    Engineering Regulation UK vs USA Model

    That's not quite right. Something called the Engineering Council is in overall charge of the basic standards one is required to meet to be classed as an Engineering Technician, Incorporated Engineer or Chartered Engineer. https://www.engc.org.uk/ The likes of IStructE, ICE, CIHT, etc. are the...
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    bollard design

    I don't want to derail the thread, but I often see US engineers designing from scratch what would (certainly in the UK and I assume Europe) be stock items of street furniture (bollards, sign posts, etc.). Is there a reason off the shelf items appear to be less well used? E.g. example of anti...
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    UK - Decommissioned Power Station Collapses While Being Prepared to be Demolished

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-35647397 Part of Didcot A - a decommissioned, coal-fired power station - collapsed, apparently during the preparation for (what I believe was explosive) demolition "in the coming weeks". Quote, "A full half of the 984ft long turbine hall has...
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    ADA question

    These are the standard solution in the UK. http://www.kbarriers.co.uk/a-frame-barrier/ Problem is they don't really work!. To give enough clearance for most bicycle handlebars leaves just enough room for a determined motorbike user to get their machine through - although even then, hand-cycles...
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    ADA question

    Stupid question, but are/will ATVs and dirt bikes likely to be a problem, or is this pre-empting something you suspect? In the UK we're slowly looking to improve conditions for cyclists, amongst other things providing off-road tracks of decent width. There's always someone who will pop up and...
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    7 wonders of the anciet worl

    Quote "A pyramid is built that way because slaves were cheap, rock was available, and height was needed to impress ???. They tried to build pyramids with steeper sides, but those collapsed. You can do a lot when lives are cheap." You can do even more with skilled and semi-skilled 'free'...
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    Road Line Painting - Is This Common In Your Area?

    Yep, they look very much like our diagram 1010 lines, 1m long, with 1m gaps. Quote from the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002: "(a)Edge of the carriageway at a road junction or a lay-by, or at an exit from a private drive onto a public road..." The only places we use edge...
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    I am a young engineer who lacks confidence, professionalism and maturity. Looking for advice!

    "I graduated from college about 8 months ago... (4) My boss doesn't trust my calculations and suggestions. He checks my drawings with extra attention and assumes I am wrong every time." I think most posters on here would tell you it was time to worry if, just 8 months after graduating, your...
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    I've been offered a position with a company and my employer counteroffered something better.

    "Once risk to staying at the current employer is that her boss will always question her loyalty." Why? The OP was apparently content staying at a company paying them between $15,000 and $18,000 p.a. less than the going rate for that job. What's that if not loyalty?
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    When are Vehicle Barriers Required for Parking Lot

    In the first instance I think you need to be very careful with these terms, as you have found they are not interchangeable (although that doesn't stop people trying). My understanding is that a barrier (or a vehicle restraint systems) is just that, a system that can - in certain circumstances...
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    Standardised testing.

    rconner "I don't consider Oxford to be a "trade school" but a school "focused solely on a specific technical understanding/knowledge" for engineering; the latter was the definition that I ran with." And yet despite this 'focus solely on a specific knowledge of engineering', somewhere between 20%...
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