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    Turning Radius template

    I was searching for all standard vehicles, but my specific project calls for a 55' trailer and a standard passenger car. Thanks!
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    Turning Radius template

    This is probably the most common question on this forum..but here it goes again. Does anyone know of a CAD template for standard turning radii? Searched high and low on Google... Thanks!
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    Peak load - research building

    Wow - Thanks to everyone for the quick responses! A newly constructed building w/Silver LEEDS Rating. mid-atlantic region. DPC- Sanity check is what I am looking for! Note - the building is not fully occupied.
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    Peak load - research building

    Hello - I am way out of my engineering area, but I am in the unlikely position of looking at a peak load estimate for an approx. 280,000 sf lab building. I am going to work with an EE to look at the specifics, but I was wondering if anyone knew of a reference for estimating peak loads for...
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    Shoring Requirmenets for Building Excavation

    The soil borings have generally classified the material as "fill" typical of an urban area. We have had other excavations where the soil was generally soft. In some places it was quite weak but the contractors were able to excavate without shoring. They may have been down 9-10' without any...
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    Shoring Requirmenets for Building Excavation

    We anticpate groundwater around 7-9'. This is from the soil borings.
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    Shoring Requirmenets for Building Excavation

    We have a plan to excavate to a depth of about 7' below grade for building foundations. The excavations are 45'-70' wide and about 10' from a roadway. They are from 70'-200' long (one of the sites will be a multi-family complex). The buildings are slab-on-grade and the deep excavations are...
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    Signing and Sealing Drawings

    JAE- In this case I am simply doing the work for the non-profit with which I am employeed. There is no 'service' being offered to an outside entity. We simply need to provide some plans and specs. for permit and bid (civil site work). I have almost 20 years experience with this type of work...
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    Signing and Sealing Drawings

    BJC-you are right. I meant to post this in the ethics forum. I definitely wouldn't sign a drawing without insurance (either through the company or individually). It seems to me that one can legally sign and seal drawings (with a licence, naturally) regardless of the nature of work performed...
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    Signing and Sealing Drawings

    I work for a 501c3 non-profit company. The focus of the entity is not engineering but I find myself in a position where I need to sign and seal drawings that will be submitted for permit and eventually bid. I have informed the upper management that we need E&O insurance. Is there anything...
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    Canon IPF700 Plotter

    I have used HP plotters for years but I see that Canon is coming with a new 36" plotter. I am going to use if for mostly civil/architectural applications and occasionally presentations. Anyone have any experience with this machine?
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    Backfilling saturated soil

    Generally sandy with some fill material. I am using the term saturated but it is really just wet at the surface (as far as I can tell). It seems that after a few days of dry weather it dries almost completely.
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    Backfilling saturated soil

    We have an open excavation (50' x 25') that needs to be backfilled. It has filled up with rain water so the soil is generally saturated. We can pump out most of the water but is there a concern for for the satuarated soil? Eventually there will be a structure in the area but we don't...
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    Sewage Contaminated Soil

    We have a site where some sewage backed up into an excavation (demolished buildng excavation). The sewage was there for a few weeks before the sanitary line was repaired. It is not uncommon to have sewage in an excavation for utility work and I assume tha the trench is just backfilled...
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    Storm Drain Tolerance

    OK,here is another scenario that I'm sure everyone has run into. You design a storm drain and have your flow rates and set the line and grade. The contractor sets the drain too shallow and says "gee wiz can't we live with this." You are in the position of forcing him to go back and reset it...
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