Because the old grind away in silence at your desk or in your cube doing the same calculations or design for the umpteenth time can get a bit old. But leading a group of other folks to do all the grinding, while you get to meet with clients, attend meetings, tell others what to do, and check...
I'm amazed that so many students graduate engineering school with no CAD knowledge. It's like graduating a surgeon but not teaching him how to use a scalpel. I've worked as a civil engineer for the last twelve years and have used CAD virtually every day for design work. I can't imagine being...
I agree with the other two posters--a wet tap is the only way to go--to maintain service keep the line under pressure and not 'lose' anything in the excavation. Draining a 12" sewer main (at full each running foot contains about 0.8 gallons) could mean a lot of draining depending on how much you...
Sorry I did not clarify--this is for PVC pipe. My understanding matches what you all have said though--although they just do not seem to stock the SDR 26 PVC here, or no one is using it, so they dont stock it at the two big suppliers here.
I am located in SE NY state upstae from NYC (Hudson Valley)I have been informed by both a local contractor and a local pipe supplier that SDR 26 is just not used for gravity sewer here because they cannot get it, at least unless they buy a truckload, but then no one seems to want to use it even...
I am loking to be able to disconnect a 6" PVC pipe from its fitting inside a 'dry' manhole at both sides of the manhole, with the intention of cleaning/ tv-ing the pipe line between manholes (this is a pressure main). Instead of flanges or some other type of cumbersome and time consuming method...
I have gas/convenience store that isup for review by the local planning board. The are concerned abut stacking from the pumps to the street. We have about 100 feet from the fist pump to the street, with two pump islands, each set to contain two (dual sided) pumps each, for a total of 8 pumping...
I have two butt ends of 6" SDR 17 PVC pipe where a fitting has been cut out. I want to insert a wye here, and would prefer to connect it mechanically (as opposed to gluing it)to the existing pipe(s), as it will be underground, subject to pressure (about 70-80 psi), and will convey some...
I have some 'rule of thumb' pavemnt density number (about 147 lb/cu ft for top mix, and about 120 lb/cu ft for a base mix)but need some published source to back these up. All the DOT guides give great information on what to put in the mix, asphalt percentages, denssites 9as a percentage of the...
I have a client who is interested in purchasing a peice of prperty for a fairly desely developed residential project (about 50 individual units on 10 acres) with requisite roadways, and water and sewer mains. We have done about 30 test pits using a backhoe and trackhoe, and think that we can...
