I am an engineer in Wisconsin. I have recently undertaken the task of designing subdivisions and got overwhelmed with the stormwater management. Here is my dilemma: If I have an urban section of road, I can size the storm sewer based on watersheds to determine the size of pipe. Knowing that...
I need some help with utility design. I am a designer in Wisconsin and below are the guidelines I follow, but they are simply what I have been taught. I have not been able to find a definitive code that defines these distances. My local code only lists minimum horizontal distances. I
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I am looking for some help from the microstation gurus out there. I have been running Microstation SE along with Eaglepoint 99 on Windows 98. I have recently upgraded machines and am now running Windows XP. I have been getting error messages reading "End of File Missing, Attempt Repair?" when...
How many out there plan to take the PE or LS exam in April of 2004 and currently use a HP 48 calculator? I currently use the 48 with an SMI data card with others in my office and am concerned about the LS and PE Exam because the ban on 48s will be enforced beginning in April 2004. Are there...
My firm does alot of residential and commercial land development, particularly in the form of condominiums and subdvisions. I have worked on these projects but lack the background with respect to the overall process (i.e. permitting, approval process, design considerations, etc.) I am looking...
I am taking the PE Exam in Civil Engineering in October of this year. I have received everything under the sun from companies saying their PE exam study guides are preferred for preparation of the exam.
I am looking for some advice from other colleagues. I would like to know what other...
I need some help. I am using an SMI data collector, Construction V, Version 6. My instrument is a Lietz Set 4A. My problem is that my instrument does not seem to function with the data collector during the SHOTS function which is used to turn multiple angles to a single point and average them...
Does anyone know if it is possible to create a world block in Autocad without saving the layer attribute. I would like to be able to insert a block and have it assigned to the layer I am working in without bringing the original layer the block was created in. I know I can explode the block and...
Has anyone ever designed an aquatic fish gate. From what I understand, we are looking at constructing a gate (probably constructed of netting) that is hooked to a series of floats. The purpose is to allow boats to pass over the floats but preventing specific fish (carp) from passing through...
Anyone out there know if there are resellers for PondPack version 7.5? Haestad says they only sell the current version 8.0, but it won't save to previous versions; therefore if someone using 7.5 wants to open data from version 8, they can't unless they buy the current version.
Does Hydrocad have a "Pond Wizard" that appears to be available in other software? In addition, I see that multiple storm events have to be entered separately, so how do you design a pond with multiple structures (corresponding to 2, 10, and 100 year storms) if the pond isn't...
Anyone used these programs to tell me what they prefer for pond design. In addition, does anyone know of a reseller for previous versions of Pondpack. Haestad does not have the capability for new versions to save into an older version.
Could someone tell me how to handle a time of concentration in TR-55 to take into account a vertical wall, specifically in the case of water flowing into a quarry. In addition, could someone tell me where to measure your wetted perimeter and area in channelized flow. Specifically in a case...
I am a beginner with storm water analysis and detention pond/culvert design. My company uses Intelisolve Hydraflow software and it seems to be a good program, but I am looking for some training with respect to the basics for pond design, peak flow calcs, TR-55 vs. Rational, etc.. Anyone taken...
