List of Contributions

​I have to agree with what MIchael Buechter said. Governmental bodies are notorious for not recognizing the value of employee's certifications, in general. I was working for local government when I obtained my PE license, and even that did not provide sufficient incentive for the county commissioners ...

​I believe we engineers need to accept partial responsibility for not being strong enough in our warnings to the public. I believe we have mislead them by labeling rainfall events by year, instead of percentage or probability. Perception becomes reality, and public perception is that "100 year event" ...

The original question seems to imply the assumption that climate changes, driven by global temperature change, can be observed by variability in local weather. This is true, but only in a very general sense. While local temperature and precipitation records may be an indicator, they represent at best, ...

I never bothered to discuss it with the client. His attitude was "do whatever it takes to get my project approved, and any engineering liability is under your seal and signature". Because we were reviewing each other's work on a courtesy basis, I never presented any billing for QC, as such. ...

Back in 1999, I spent a year or so working as an independent contractor, doing small grading, storm drain and storm water management projects. I had a friend who was in a similar position. We used to review each other's work on a friendly basis, and simply considered it professional courtesy. ...