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    Bread and butter civil engineering tasks for work on the side.

    I fire clients by choosing not to work for them. (It's just a play on words - probably a stupid play on words...) Simple. Zoom
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    Bread and butter civil engineering tasks for work on the side.

    Frankly, as a business owner, I'm not worried in the least about competing against engineers working on the side. They simply can't produce the same quality product I can in the same time, and they can't give the same level of service during the day. Generally, people who use engineers that...
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    Indemnity Clauses

    I use indemnity clauses in my contracts. But, it's my feeling that in the real world, they don't do much - except they do allow you to point out to the judge that the indemnity clause was in the contract, and it will allow to explain to the judge why you think your indemnity clause is fair in...
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    moonlighting and ethics

    My only comment on all this stuff is that anyone (from a peon to a manager) that thinks that just because they work for a company they are immune from a lawsuit; and that they will have their interests vigilantly defended by a corporate attorney in a lawsuit where they are personally named, may...
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    What to do about George...

    Actually, more likely than not, George was not the problem - but a symptom of a deep problem. I had a George once (but his name was Bill). Congrats on leaving - that's what I did, and I never looked back (and I gave the most nebulous glossy answers to the HR during the exit interview). Zoom
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    Use of Inclinometers to prove slope stability

    Okay, let me wade in... Inclinometers tell you where the slip plane is (if there is slippage). Frankly, I've never heard of anyone in their right mind who would propose using a set of inclinometer readings over a three month period to prove a slope is safe. I don't care what the past history...
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    Deep Soil Mixing?

    Don't know much about deep soil mixing - but I do want to comment that the WORST soil conditions I've ever seen were in a backfilled quarry (And, I think my quarry was typical). There is no rhyme or reason to the backfilling process and often trash and other debris is thrown in without a second...
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    Pile Design with Liquefiable Soils

    I've only dealt with smaller projects where the foundations consisted of drilled (and driven) piles which went through sandy soils (with liquefiable zones) to the bearing elevation. Personally, I couldn't find any references when I had to solve this problem - so, I assumed the design earthquake...
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    Saving Documentation

    I agree with you RDK about the sad commentary, unfortunately there are lawyers everywhere these days. And often these lawyers construct problems out of thin air just to make their billing targets (that's my opinion). In my field (geotechnical engineering), I would guess that over 90% of the...
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    New Graduate....Any Advice to Accel?

    I spent the first five full years of my career behind a drill rig or backhoe, and on job sites. At the time, I hated every minute of it - I wanted to be a real engineer, sitting behind a desk and analyzing stuff... Now, decades later, I wouldn't trade that field experience for ANYTHING in the...
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    Recruiting from Previous Employer

    As an engineer with many years under his belt, I'd probably laugh out loud at my employer's face if he had the audacity to ask me during an exit interview not to raid his company's staff if I saw they would be better served elsewhere. There are lots of ways a company has to retain employees...
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    Recommendation required

    Xixia: Your question is difficult to answer. You need to analyze the current slope and find out how close to instability it is. Once you get a handle on the driving forces and resisting forces, you can start figuring out how to stabilize the slope (or if it is even economically possible)...
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