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Re: HSR Delays-OPB Right as Usual
Author: CE
Date: 11-17-2012 - 13:03
Undergrad Wrote:
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> Seriously, how many Civil Engineers who work for
> CAHSR know anything beyond "I'll draw up this
> unrealistic plan to suit a myriad of political
> pressures with no regards to the concept of a
> 4-hour cap or efficiency".
Seriously, given that HSR is relatively new to the USoA (not to mention railroad engineering in general), why would any CE have experience in this area. It's not like this stuff is taught in school.
> Why...it's not uncommon to cross paths with a CE
> who doesn't know how to weld nowadays. > a college freshman and I'm learning how to use a
> wire welder. One of my professors mentioned that
> back in hiis day a CE who didn't know how to weld
> was pretty much preposterous.
Why would a CE need to know how to weld? Structural engineers are more concerned with that.
If you do obtain your CE degree you will find there is no use for your welding skills. The design of a weld needed for a project requires the expertise of a structural engineer, the actual field weld depends on the ability of a union contractor. And, good luck with that, telling a union man his work is wrong!
Rather than worrying about welding, you should worry about understanding and recognizing in the field the proper design/application of concrete/asphalt mixtures; when that cement mixer/dump truck shows up on a highway project, you as an inspector, had better be aware of the quality of the delivered product. It will be up to you to reject a load of delivered material.
Which is the real skill here. You, as an inspector, will have to develop the fortitude to tell a driver/foreman/contractor that his material is rejected. You may have delivery tickets that indicate the product is in compliance with ruling standards, but, it will up to you to tell the driver to get the hell off the project. Have fun!
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>
> Seriously, how many Civil Engineers who work for
> CAHSR know anything beyond "I'll draw up this
> unrealistic plan to suit a myriad of political
> pressures with no regards to the concept of a
> 4-hour cap or efficiency".
Seriously, given that HSR is relatively new to the USoA (not to mention railroad engineering in general), why would any CE have experience in this area. It's not like this stuff is taught in school.
> Why...it's not uncommon to cross paths with a CE
> who doesn't know how to weld nowadays. > a college freshman and I'm learning how to use a
> wire welder. One of my professors mentioned that
> back in hiis day a CE who didn't know how to weld
> was pretty much preposterous.
Why would a CE need to know how to weld? Structural engineers are more concerned with that.
If you do obtain your CE degree you will find there is no use for your welding skills. The design of a weld needed for a project requires the expertise of a structural engineer, the actual field weld depends on the ability of a union contractor. And, good luck with that, telling a union man his work is wrong!
Rather than worrying about welding, you should worry about understanding and recognizing in the field the proper design/application of concrete/asphalt mixtures; when that cement mixer/dump truck shows up on a highway project, you as an inspector, had better be aware of the quality of the delivered product. It will be up to you to reject a load of delivered material.
Which is the real skill here. You, as an inspector, will have to develop the fortitude to tell a driver/foreman/contractor that his material is rejected. You may have delivery tickets that indicate the product is in compliance with ruling standards, but, it will up to you to tell the driver to get the hell off the project. Have fun!
