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  1. MiddleCE

    Question on sealing report.

    Our small civil engineering firm prepares civil engineering documents describing design intent. County agency requires that engineer certify that the project has been installed in substantial compliance with deign. During installation of the project staff views completed phases. I see a final...
  2. MiddleCE

    Referral of engineering company by a regulator agency

    We work as a small Civil Engineering firm in California in a niche market portion of building projects primarily in residential projects but also in commercial projects. We are primarily regulated by (receive design plan approval from) the county agency having justification and sometimes by a...
  3. MiddleCE

    Subordinate logging soils

    I am a California Civil Engineer and specialize in septic system design. My work generally consists of examining soil conditions and developing a septic system design based on these conditions. I have a subordinate (employee), who is an EIT but I think is irrelevant for the case at hand. Very...
  4. MiddleCE

    Owners representative and submittal of civil engineering design

    I am a civil engineer that specializes in civil engineering design in a niche specialty where we need approval from a small regulatory agency. My clients, the property owners, often engage us and do not want to have any direct contact with the agency that needs to approve our plan; they want us...
  5. MiddleCE

    Copyrighted Geotechnical Reports

    Your report is copyrighted without you needing to place a notation of copyright. You don't need a (c) or anything when you write a report. You are the author and others are held to copyright restrictions. If someone violates the law then YOU need to presue this, but it is my understanding there...
  6. MiddleCE

    Providing Client with cad file

    I entered into an agreement with a house building contractor to design a project on a very difficult site. I have prepared engineer sealed paper sheets describing a sewage treatment system, these have been submitted to the permitting agency for approval, and have received public agency approval...
  7. MiddleCE

    Copyright of plans

    This must have been covered in a prior post, but I can't find it so here it goes: I am a civil engineer and I prepare a site plan with proposed improvements, such as a driveway and grading details, all on private property. This is submitted to a permitting agency. Can this be copied by the...
  8. MiddleCE

    Question on replacing engineer on portion of work.

    My firm have prepared an engineered design of a specialty portion of a commercial property development. Let’s call our work the subpermit and the large scope the overall permit. The design, subpermit, has been “verbally” approved by the permitting agency; however, due to some other permitting...
  9. MiddleCE

    Wraping gravel with geotextile in drainage

    I have a site that needs an interceptor drain to remove subsurface water from the soil above a proposed septic system leach field. This is to be installed upslope of the proposed leach field. The soil is sandy loam over weathered sandstone. (About 4’ depth to the weathered sandstone) Should a...
  10. MiddleCE

    Showing Construction Details in drawing

    I wonder if others have a better way to show construction details. I currently draw the site plan in model space and then put this in paper space with the title block etc. Then generally on a separate sheet put in construction details. These are blocks that I have made, not at any particular...

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