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  1. TJWATKINSPG

    What makes you most satisfied at your job?

    Ever driven down a road and over a bridge and known how far down the piles shiver because you passed over? Ever passed by a building or park full of people and known that you input provides their saftey? How often have you known the whole true answer to a politicians "glossing over&quot...
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    How much "un-paid" overtime is reasonable?

    I am not too proud. What do you mean by ESOP? zdaz04 Good luck. I am rooting for you. This is the forum for you. Should you need the expert opinon of a peer ( not me by the way) you have the hook-up. The truth will set you free. Best of luck. Geodude
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    How much "un-paid" overtime is reasonable?

    MotoGP Excellent question. One I suspect that all ancient Professionals have faced. My epiphany was when my wife said " Your work or me" I looked at what I was doing. It is easy to be a workaholic. Managment loves you. It is the "nature of the beast" that companies are...
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    2000 IBC - soil Site Class

    DatG This is a pet peeve of mine. Who is sealing these plans? you or the client? If your client wants to meet 2000IBC standards, then do the tests required. One of the problems with using a standard is that very quickly it becomes not a minimum but a target to try to wiggle around. The...
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    Permanent Dewatering

    A quick synposis of topography would be in order. I suspect that you are dealing with glacial till? if this is so then perm should not be to much of an issue. The soil type may dictate some of your systems parameters. I prefer Gravity or Passive systems to those that require sumps/ and or...
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    wet basement

    Where is your seasonal high water level? The truth will set you free. Best of luck. Geodude
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    Engineer or what?

    In a rather untimely moment I wish to quote a Arthur Andersen consultant from the 1980's, "Information is not money, It's how you use the information." Politics within the corporate world are common place. My advise is to use this trial to see where you might fit best. Does your...
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    transport modelling

    Try this link http://water.usgs.gov/software/modflow-96.html It will get you to the program. Hope you are a fast learn The truth will set you free. Best of luck. Geodude
  9. TJWATKINSPG

    grouting vs. underpinning

    Focht3 I am thrilled that you responded in that way. "...a repair plan without a guarantee is a repair that isn't worth buying.." While I try to view my clients projects as if they were for me, I do often put in those weasel words. I guess that comes from being from Texas where...
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    The Level of Professional Ethics

    To the Tick, I too suffered the indignity of parting ways with employment on an ethical issue. (My choice to leave though) The only real consolation aside from good sleep was that the company no longer exists. To answer from my point of veiw, Honesty helps in every situation except...
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    best option, pressure grout ?

    Atlanta is a cool town. The Brevard Fault runs right through the city from the northeast to the southwest. The soils to the southeast (except for Stone Mountain) are mostly clayey sands. The soils to the northwest are mostly metamorphic sediments. Because you mentioned that there was some...
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    High chloride in well water

    FRANKLY I would agree with EDUARDO at this point. Where you are in Mass is underlain with meta-sedimentary rocks that can vary widely in very short distances. Often you need to seek local advice. Sometimes the only local advice is experinced yet un-trained. It does seem reasonable that by...
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    Anyone use GPR?

    Here in Florida they are used to define potential sinkhole areas. The present use is as a screening tool to define areas for SPT borings. As there are not always real surface indications on Subsidence sinkholes the GPR presents us with a clue as to where to expect a sink or other subsidence...
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    SPT BORING LOG QUESTIONS

    I agree with Focht3 here. There are a couple of flags that indicate missing information. First was that from the info given the subsidence is active. The mention of a paleosink is unusual if there is active movement of load bearing soils from under the foundation. Second is that there is mention...
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    High chloride in well water

    frankly, There is a little more information needed to answer this question. The cloride content of your water is going to be determined by the source of the water. This has a great deal to do with the type of rock or soil that it is in. Casing off an upper aquifer could reduce your chloride...
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    Education Tips???

    As a teacher I can tell you that nothing gets to them better than making it personal. What do they want to do? Music Videos require acoustic engineering to produce perfect sound, Computer engineers make the world work faster, Fast cars all started with the under matured brilliant mechanical...
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    Plate Loading Tests

    Great discussion! The only thing that I think got dropped is that as Professional we may need to direct our clients (or educate them) as to which test to use for their needs. In this case, of course, the test was prescribed before the testing or for a different purpose. Therefore the answer...
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    Pearched Water / Spring Water Problem

    Inexpensive is designing an adequate system the first time. This can be done best with a little more knowledge. Expensive is having to replace your system because you WAGed too far off base. I do understand that often one can overbuild for less than testing costs. This sounds like a system...
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    Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

    I have read "Atlas..." Rand is good in my opinion. Two authors to try for good thought: Feyneman's "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out." or McPhee's "The Control Of Nature" The truth will set you free. Best of luck. Geodude
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    Vibration monitoring for residential home

    I had a project where we were working with a construction firm and were called at the last minute to set up " something" to monitor the adjacent structures. I found a neat simple device that basically was two overlapping grids on glass slides. In Fl. the are always existing cracks in...

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