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    I've been offered a position with a company and my employer counteroffered something better.

    Simple “STAY” don’t forget to cost the hours travelling to and from work.
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    How many hours do you work per week?

    Ireland. Used to work a 60hr week Mon to Fri.(Highway construction.) Then got a local government job Now doing 35hr and have a life again.
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    Pipeline Cost Estimating - Labour/Productivity Cost

    Estimating is a snap shot in time. What you price now may not reflect the true cost which all the data is know once the contact. What you’re looking for to my knowledge is just not there. There are so many variables to consider no computer package could possibly deal with, start making calls and...
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    Dechlorinating water mains

    Hi to all. What’s the most economic method of dechlorinating water mains today? Roadbridge.
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    Sandfilter Walls cracking under water test.

    Hi to all. Some photos of the cracking http://www.flickr.com/photos/tycho1a/4501080978/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/tycho1a/4501079672/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/tycho1a/4500443359/
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    Sandfilter Walls cracking under water test.

    Hi to all. On inspection of a water retaining structure today I noticed two cracks have developed either side of a Sandfilter tank. The tank is 27 metres by 9 metres and is subdivided into three sections. The height of the stricter is three metres from the floor level with a 275mm base slab...
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    moving edm to new station

    Yes. All Topcon’s have set out programmes inbuilt. Called Layout. Use the “Backsite” (F2) command in “Layout” But first you have to set up a file in “memory manager” then input you points. You able to recall these points in “Layout”. Did you not get a hand book with your EDM?
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    survey stations

    You can also assign arbitrary values to your set up station if you wish, say give it a value of E5000, N5000, RL 100 and pick a bearing on to some distant point like a edge of building or church spire. With that set out your other control stations and do your normal checks.
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    Excel formula question?

    Hi Many thanks for all your help IRstuff and RWF7437 Regards. Roadbridge.
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    Excel formula question?

    Hello to all. I would like to write the following command in excel but its not going too well. My problem is. I have three cells a1 b1 c1 If cell a1 is less than or equal to cell b1 cell then c1 most equal zero If cell a1 is greater than or equal to cell b1 cell c1 must equal cell a1 minus...
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    Interview insight?

    Got this interview coming up shortly for the position of Inspector/Clerk of Works in a major infrastructural project in Ireland. Summary of project, one immersed tube tunnel, 15k of motorway with 15no or more bridge structures. I have worked on all of these type projects in the passed and have...
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    Vertical cell movement?

    Thanks ab123456 your help is very much appreciated. Regards RB.
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    Vertical cell movement?

    I have this small problem with my excel worksheet at the moment. When I press return to move from highlight cell to the next, instead of moving vertically down it move horizontally say I’m at A1 and want to A2 but it moves to B1 when I press return. What is the procedure to change this...
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    Excavator hits I-70 Bridge in Kansas

    Bridgebuster Any new up dates on the bridge? Have they manage to remove excavator yet?
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    Excavator hits I-70 Bridge in Kansas

    Looks like a lot of the post-tensioned cables have been damage as well. Worst-case the deck may need to be replaced.

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