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I was wrong, he works for a civil engineering firm. So now I assume he's a civil engineer? Anyways, he's going to send an actual estimate that breaks out what the heck he wants $13k for.
My guess would have been civil, structural or possibly even geotechnical if he claims to have any specific expertise on this. Civil is probably a safe assumption if he works for a civil firm, and if that's the case, he probably knows a thing or two about subgrade compaction and prep for flatwork, paving, etc. Do you know for a fact that's he licensed, or an EIT (engineer in training)?
I don’t know for a fact, but my sense is licensed. I’m super curious to see his full estimate, and to see if it the difference in price is the prep. When I talked with him about the project and he inspected the site, his suggestions weren’t really any different than the other two guys I’ve talked with. They’re all basically like “fill it with road base and pack the shit out of it.”
I actually wonder if the difference will be in materials. The other two guys only do concrete, and have contracts with the city and the area schools. So they’re using a lot of concrete, all the time, and maybe get a better price? The engineer is doing concrete as a side hustle, and might not get as good of a price. Also, maybe he marks up the cost of materials more than the other guys?
I'm just wondering if he's factoring his time as a licensed engineer into the proposal, or maybe there's some requirement with the local jurisdiction that the work be permitted or inspected, and he's including time/fees for that.
Bloated corn?
I was not told there would be engineering in the GMT thread today 
The maths are getting sneaky.I was not told there would be engineering in the GMT thread today
Hey everybody!
Im happy to report I’m still super-fucking sick, fever, destroyed larynx, cold and flu, laryngitis.
2023 can go suck a pineapple.
Im happy to report I’m still super-fucking sick, fever, destroyed larynx, cold and flu, laryngitis.
2023 can go suck a pineapple.
FTFY
The swallows under gate 8 are getting super aggressive. I got repeatedly dive bombed while walking by. They must have a nest, or are perhaps protecting a coconut?
[mic drop] 84% on that one. Second hardest of the practice tests. Next hardest will be in a few hours, but I might push to tomorrow am. Hannah told someone at school she was going to kill them, so our afternoon schedule just blew up.
Shiiit…NOT mopeding that climb is punishment as well!Punishment for mopeding cub creek
You were lied to.I was not told there would be engineering in the GMT thread today
Pretty much all the time.
How long in cm?
is she at the wookie development stage where she can rip peoples arms out?
Goddam. MOAR maths?
Not yet, but she's about 3" taller than everybody else her age and has been doing gymnastics for over a year. So she's just as much of a ball of muscle as Haley.
Insurance estimate guy is here looking at the house right now. Apparently one of the worst that he's seen since the tornado (who would have guessed?). Everything on the back of the house (where tornado came from) is done - windows, bunch of siding, gutters/downpipes, roof, heaters, deck furnishings, and he is assuming the deck but wants to have someone else come look to confirm.
Wifey is not happy. Really doesn't want the house to be a construction zone again.
Dandy that we get to modernize everything, since that's what we pay a lot of insurance for. But can we please stop?
Wifey is not happy. Really doesn't want the house to be a construction zone again.
Dandy that we get to modernize everything, since that's what we pay a lot of insurance for. But can we please stop?
we don't have hail, but we have humidity
Ha, think you’ve been had ? No one told me that there was this much walking on a thru hike.I was not told there would be engineering in the GMT thread today
It's a patio slab. Ain't none engineering shit. They are just going to follow what they think is a best practice. If he is engineering shit he would probably want to dig out that pit and fill it with a known material as it is hard to calculate "junk in a hole" and engineering calcs and drawings should be deliverables and would cost you 3 times as much.
Agree.
When he first had a look at the job site and saw the hole filled with broken concrete, he did mention that his "engineering brain wants to pull all the broken concrete out and fill it with road base" but after we chatted for a while he decided that just breaking up the top foot or so of into smaller bits, then filling with road base and packing the shit out of it would be JUST FINE. But even that "extra" labor shouldn't be no freaking $7k.
League night. Haley qualified first and finished first, substantially off the front in both races. She was really pissed off about last month and was quite clear that she didn't want to not be first again.
More study.
More study.
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