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  1. PBroad

    Keeping up with Paperwork

    Has anyone got a good way to beat the pencil pushers. I believe that the Duke of Wellington was half right when he wrole to the Foreign Office in 1812, but since then Bureaurcrats seem to be regaining superiority http://www.cns.gatech.edu/CNS/GTaccountProcs.pdf
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    Overhead Railway History

    Have just found an interesting link to the Liverpool Overhead railway. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/l/liverpool_overhead_railway/index.shtml Do others have any links to elevated railways/railroads
  3. PBroad

    Magnesium Cement

    Can Anyone supply info on Eco-cement aka Magnesium Cement? I believe that this is available in Australia, but I would prefer North American Suppliers, especially manufacturers. I am looking for any process to seperate MgO from Dolomite? And also info on the seqesting ability of eco-cement to...
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    Does Regulation restrict or improve innovation

    Given that some forum members are tied to a "State Licence" issued by non-engineers, while others are members of "self-regulating bodies". Do members feel that their authorising board encourages them to be innovative and install the "best available (international)technology" even if this has...
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    NASA Foam

    With Discovery safely on the ground perhaps now is the time to ask "Was Spock correct? Do the needs of the many exceed the needs of the few?" Prior to 1997 NASA used a "Freon" based foam on its unrecoverable main fuel pod, but given the suspected danger arising from CFC on global warming chose...
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    Back to Basics Constituency Engineers

    Big changes are reported in the way the city of Birmingham (UK) is run organising local engineering constituency offices to respond more quickly to local needs, involve local people in running their local area and create a more streamlined strategic authority. They want Engineers with a flair...
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    World Class Mining

    In his recent book “What it really takes to be world Class” Clem Sunter of Anglo-American stresses the need to be efficient, innovative, well managed and socially and environmentally responsible. In most mines 50% of the total cost is consumed in just getting the ore to the surface, which is...
  8. PBroad

    Why Sustainable Development

    One of the great sucesses of technology institutes is in teaching the "Practice of Engineering". However, we know of Business practice that restricts these technocrats to problem solving in a hands on facility. Several treads on this board highlight this problem, and I could have...
  9. PBroad

    Great Historical Engineers

    This list is from the UK, so it would be interesting if other nationalities can recall in what sphere these men were involved. You may also want to extend the list by adding other great Engineers from your own locations. This list is on the international www and so you can all send in your own...
  10. PBroad

    Cleaning solvent changes UK

    SOLVENTS: EMISSION DEADLINES EDGE CLOSER (March 2003) Solvent users face a series of tough decisions if they are to successfully meet the requirements of new legislation, the solvent emissions directive and reclassification of trichloroethylene. Other countries mau also change. SIS...
  11. PBroad

    Cyanide destruction by bio-filters

    Stefan Trapp at the Technical University of Denmark is doing research on the destruction of cyanide in a Turkish Gold mine effluent, as Danmark has no goldmines (except a small one in the lab), and to come into contact with clients is not so easy. We are in contact with Harmony and AngloGold...
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    Bio-generated Acid Mine Drainage

    For those of you who have worked on Thiobacilus Ferro-oxidans there is a new bug that Dr Katrina Edwards has found at an unused Copper Mine in Northern Cal. This archaea exits in much more acid conditions (upto pH 0.5!) see www.whoi.edu or www.science.org
  13. PBroad

    Waterflow: estimation

    A useful rule of thumb to estimate water flow if you don't have a flow meter. Measure the distance from the end of the pipe to that point where the pater has fallen 4". A T-bar is useful for this Q (the usgpm) = D(1.28d squared ) where D is the distance drom end of pipe and d is pipe...
  14. PBroad

    Civil Engineering Web Finder

    There seems to be several people looking for websites. Try out this list set up by University of Waterloo. Its one of the best I've found has about 300 international sites. http://www.scholarly-societies.org/civileng_soc.html As I am not associated in any way with UoW please don't feel...

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