Yeah, I agree with what your saying. I think most of the time attachments should be kept as confidential as possible. Reason I started the thread was to document what was going on. In the event our firm was guilty of something, I didn't want to just go down with the ship.
I am happy to say...
Thanks again to everyone for the input.
Just for a quick update, I went with Ron's suggestion on the culvert project. I was going out of town last week and needed to make a last-minute decision, and I wasn't able to contact our engineer.
I was submitting a layout (not a set of plans), but it...
More of a civil site issue on this first project, but here's a look at our proposed design.
I think it's a little ambitious, given the brittle appearance of the shale on this cliff. That, and I think the brush is probably holding it (the cliff) together. I also think there should be channel...
I appreciate all the comments and advice that I'm receiving.
To clarify the situation, there are two different road widening projects that have different issues.
The first project doesn't have the culvert issues, but it is the one with the property issues. Basically, we got the project...
zdas04,
Yeah, I agree with you on that part. I have regretfully already worked on the design of using a culvert for a bridge crossing. Which is wrong, but I don't want to be around when this work is submitted.
As for oil and gas companies, some do a very good job of doing things "by the...
Okay, I appreciate the feedback from both of you. Yeah, the whole "prior knowledge" thing definitely threw a flag at me.
In the past the issues I've had were mostly design related. Most of them have been to related to the actual values (for percent grade for roadways, earthwork quantities...
Hello all,
I am a civil engineer with about 4 years of experience in road and civil/site design. I began work with a firm about 10 months ago, and there have been several times when things came up that bothered me. I won't go into great detail, but I can describe what has been going on here...
