I have recently been assigned to mentor two EIT's fresh out of college and was wondering if anyone had any tips for mentoring young engineers. We do civil site and land development, so I would be especially interested to hear from those within the same discipline. Any stories (good or bad)...
I've been comparing the figures in TR-55 Fig. 3.1 and NEH-4 Fig. 15.2 (also in HEC 19 Fig. 52) for determining shallow concentrated flow. It looks like the TR-55 figure uses the same data as the NEH-4/HEC 19 figures but the TR-55 doesn't include all the ground cover conditions that NEH-4/HEC 19...
I have a similar situation as the above-referenced thread (a FEMA Zone A floodplain shows up on a stormwater swale through a farmer's field with a relatively small upstream drainage area). We want to develop the property and simply pipe the flow through it. Does anyone know why FEMA would...
