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Mr. Gordon England, P.E., BC.WRE(Ret.), M.ASCE

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RE: Cognitive Biases

Posted By Gordon England 03-08-2021 11:22 AM
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Yes, highway guys live and die by the design life. DOTs have much money and can afford to replace roads periodically. Down at the city or county level there is never enough money for maintenance, expecially in highly developed areas. I spend much time and money trying to fix bad pipes and ditches and ...

RE: Cognitive Biases

Posted By Gordon England 03-07-2021 09:12 AM
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Sorry to misunderstand you Gordon England

RE: Cognitive Biases

Posted By Gordon England 03-02-2021 01:05 PM
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I beg to differ with Mr. Forbes. Rarely is infrastructure over designed. Smart planning looks 10-20 years in the future when it will be almost impossible to upgrade roads or sewers to catch up with growth. In the 80s-90s Austin tried to stop growth by freezing new roadways and not upgrading existing ...

RE: Cognitive Biases

Posted By Gordon England 02-22-2021 09:16 AM
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Part of your job is salesmanship to prepare the client for potential setbacks beyond your control. By nature, developers are Type A and in a hurry to complete a project. Setbacks bug them and you are the easiest person to vent on. That goes with the territory. With time you learn good clients from bad ...