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  1. MTEng1

    Non Compete Question

    I started a new job about two months ago and did sign a non compete with my previous employer. My previous employer in Utah is fine with me working with the new employer, a company in California which does competing work, however, for different clients. Most non compete agreements in...
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    Non-Compete Agreement Questions

    I am managing a project right now and we are in the need of another engineering firm to seal a set of drawings because it is in a state we do not have a license. My supervisor has asked that I have the engineering firm I found sign a non-compete agreement so that this firm does not take our...
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    Calculating Friction Factor

    Has anyone ever used this before to calculate the friction factor for a spread footing? I have attached an excerpt from the Civil Engineer’s Handbook (Merritt). http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=40fa290b-010f-47e9-88a6-a6e7319a6e94&file=Frictional_Resistance.jpg...
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    Wood Handbook Revision Help

    I have a reference from an ASTM standard which says to use the USDA Agricultural Handbook 72 for design of timber structures. The problem I am having is that it references "Revision 0". What version is "Revision 0" for the wood handbook? I would think it is the 1955 version, but would like to...
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    Any standards for designs using live trees?

    Does anyone know of any standards for using live trees in the design of a structure which carries people? It is for a zipline that would be used to carry one person at a time. I would recommend that the tree be load tested to 1.5-2 times the design load, but I don't think that is enough...

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