I have a large covered porch about 750sf, L-shaped, and about 13' wide. The porch exterior walls are 8" block and brick and the interior wall is 8" block. We are going to fill the porches and pour concrete. The fill ranges from about 3'-4'. What would be the best fill material?
My wife and I are getting ready to build a house on a large parcel and our house (1 story 5 bedrooms 5.5 baths) will be approximately 2400 feet from the meter. The house location is at most 10' higher than the meter. The county has already installed a 1" tap and meter for the parcel. The static...
I have a project where we have a pump station that will pump over a hill and then down to a dip at a directional bore under a creek and then to the discharge MH. The discharge MH elevation is lower than the pump station. Our initial thoughts are to install a Pressure relief valve/back pressure...
I have a project where we have a pump station that will pump over a hill and then down to a dip at a directional bore under a creek and then to the discharge MH. The discharge MH elevation is lower than the pump station. Our initial thoughts are to install a Pressure relief valve/back pressure...
I am working on a site plan that involves loading docks for semi trucks with 53' cargo trailers. The project is under construction and as the site is being graded my client is concerned with the driveway and potential dragging at the driveway. I am using AutoPath software to model the vertical...
I started a new engineering firm about about a year and a half ago and am still working on drumming up business. I have considered sending some letters out to some architects in the area. Since my firm is still new I don't have a lot projects to highlight so I was wondering if it would be...
My father in law's business has a parking lot that slopes to one corner and then discharges via washed out rip rapped sale about 20 feet to the stream. There is a large hole of washed out area about midway between stream and parking lot. I am trying to help him stabilize. There is some rip rap...
I have a singed proposal for a project that involves site development plans for a church. My client is the general contractor. I prepared a preliminary full set of plans for my client which they shared with the church. I billed and received payment for substantial completion on the project...
I have been asked to verify an existing 6x6 wood column footing adequacy. The backstory is that the client has been asked to provide building permits for a porch and roof addition constructed around 10 year ago. The client had a general contractor install a roof over a rear porch supported...
I have just started my own engineering firm and am need of stormwater software. At my previous firm we used Hydraflow Hydrographs and Stormwater Network. Since they are no longer available stand alone I need something comparable. I am downloading a trial of hydrocad right now to try out. It...
It just had a wooden top and there was not indication where the three inlets are coming from or where the 4" outlet was going. This was in a NC coastal county. Any direction would be appreciated. There were two identical boxes like this on opposite sides of an existing building.
Thanks,
Phillip
We are working on a project that involves a 48" RCP that discharges to an open ditch for a few hundred feet to another 48" RCP under a road. The 48" RCP is at or near capacity for most storms resulting in approximately 111 CFS. There is a problem already with flooding at the 48" RCP under the...
I need to calculate the flow (cfs) that an open throat catch basin can handle. Currently i have calculated it using a rectangular weir formula but im not sure that is 100% correct. q=3.33(L-.2h)h^(3/2). Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
What is the appropriate way to enter an encroachment for a boat dock into a HEC-RAS model. The methods i have used decrease the floodway width by the width of the encroachment which seems appropriate. I can show that the boat dock does not affect the base flood elevation and floodway elevation...
I have a client who is planning to add on to his dock. The property is located in Northampton County, NC. The addition will include 4 – 4x4 posts to be in constructed in the lake. The county is requiring that our client get a No-Rise Certification before they issue a building permit. Are...
Does anyone have any experience with this software. We are evaluating a demo version and it seems to work pretty well and is somewhat user freindly. We have a older version of MikeNet which is not user freindly at all. I am just looking for some opinions on the software.
We are in need of water distribution modeling software that will enable us to model water distribution networks to determine fire flow. We will be using the software for determining fire flow at hydrants in subdivisions and any time we extend a water main. I was wondering what software you all...
I am trying to calcluate salvage values for pump stations, force mains gravity sewers, etc. Are there any formulas for estimating salvage values. Thank You.
