Is there reason to spec one over the other instead of just life span? The city I am doing work for specs only brass metal seated, but the contractor says that he has never used anything but resilient wedge gate valves...and that they are "better"
I have read up on them some, but dont really see...
i have a leaking pipe, all i know about it is size and pressure...i am trying to find the Qout of the leak...
so how do i relate the water pressure to a velocity?
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but the questions have evovled to where they fit into this category more....
Due to the error in part by all, the sewer pipe will be sitting about 3-4" above creek bottom.
My main problem now is who do...
I am a recent graduate with a civil bs. I interviewed with many companies and recieved offers from most. I narrowed them down by job type, atmosphere, pay, location, #PEs, hours worked, and the such...it wasnt really until i started my job in the municipal field that i began to wonder if this...
I have a 24" line that I am running under a creek. under the creek, i am required to use DI. I want to tie in to a 24" line that is 949_PVC on the other side of the creekbed.
TCEQ (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) madates that a manhole be used when changing direction or moving...
I am having to change the directory paths for some 180 or so tif xref's that have been moved to a different folder on a different network drive. The original drawing had these ref's to a folder on a private computer....
When I change the directory path, everything works fine, preview shows up...
I am reviewing a set of plans that involve an 8" water line that is being placed under a creek. It is supposed to be bored, not open cut. The thing that is throwing me is that the pipe makes a 90 degree bend directly under the creek. I dont think that is possible with boring, and if it is, I...
I have a sanitary sewer line junction box that has 48" and 21" lines in and out. I want to cut usage the exiting 48" line. My question is can I plug it or do I need to plug the pipe, have a 10' stub-out and then cap it?