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Which career if for me? Engineer or Architect2/2/2007
  Q: I like to design houses and love math. I can design a house with certain area or perimeter ...
  A: You seem to have a natural talent in designing (drafting) of houses, which gives me the feeling that ...
Field1/14/2007
  Q: I'm a high school student interested in Civil Engineering, what should I be doing right now to be ...
  A: Before you decide to study civil engineering, you need to be very interested in science, i.e. math, ...
storm drain pitch12/21/2006
  Q: What is the standard pitch for civil storm drain piping (outside the building)? I'm looking at ...
  A: Several standards, depending on your country, are fixing minimum slopes for storm water piping, ...
Retaining11/11/2006
  Q: I wanted to used concrete caissons with rebar formed in sonotubes. What do you think the diameter ...
  A: Sonotubes for foundation of footings are quite frequently used in the US, compared to Europe. This ...
Retaining11/10/2006
  Q: I would like to retain a 20' high x 30'long section of private road. If I used caissons what would ...
  A: This is a very interesting problem. As I understood from your question, you are planning to pour a ...

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