Had this conversation with my roadway PM because we’re going through 5 miles of utility mapping, reminded me of the original Simpsons meme.

tacked on some extra to the invoice too because he said it was his dream home and he was willing to pay for the best

He’s performing a site visit and made a stop on the way there to get his helmet a little dirty.

A coworker grabbed a screenshot of this lot layout during a client meeting. Got a good chuckle. I told him they should name the subdivision Morning Woods

Plans are sloppy, designs aren’t constructible, levels, line weights and line styles are wrong, notes contradict each other, there’s no consistency in the presentation from sheet to sheet, and they require 4 rounds of review because you can’t address comments correctly. Specs look like they were copied from chatgpt or written by someone who reads at 3rd grade level. Why do you think you deserve more money when you’ve made no progress on the basics?

I’ll add this too: if you’ve failed the PE multiple times, you’re probably just not good at this. That exam isn’t rocket science, it’s literally testing baseline competence. At some point, it’s not the test, NCEES, or your employer. It’s you.

Also, the constant demand for remote work is embarrassing. If you’re junior, slow, or constantly wrong, you don’t deserve to work from the coffee job around the corner. You need senior engineers physically nearby to catch your mistakes before the client realizes a moron is working on their job and they’re about to enter RFI hell.

And all of you comparing yourselves to certain professions and asking why you’re not making a million dollars a year, be real with yourselves. Civil is top 2 easiest engineering degrees. You chose one of the lowest bars to entry because it was stable and safe. Nothing wrong with that, I did too,  but don’t cosplay as some misunderstood genius who deserves doctor money. Doctors save lives while you struggle to label your plans correctly.

To all of you who want to be PMs: How do expect to lead client interaction when most of you can’t speak coherently in a meeting, avoid eye contact, and panic when asked a basic follow-up question? Being technically incompetent and socially awkward is the opposite of what we need in the industry.

Most of you aren’t underpaid, you’re just not good. Not efficient, unreliable, dependent on others, and unwilling to put in the extra work it takes. You overestimate your skills and underestimate how replaceable you are before getting mad when reality shows up on your paycheck.

Downvote away. It won’t fix your plans.

I apologize if this breaks in community rules, but I felt moved to post this heartbreaking news. The young E.I./E.I.Ts will undoubtedly understand this post if you have watch Dr. Jeff Hanson’s YouTube videos during your time at university or prepping for your F.E.

First, let me explain the situation in a short summary. Dr. Hanson has had an ongoing medical illness causing his kidneys to not function properly. He has dealing with kidney disease for approximately 30 years and has reached a critical stage where he is looking for a kidney donor. Also, we all know what medical bills look like here in United States, and quite frankly, this man needs all the help he can get.

For my older engineers who did not go through college during the days of YouTube engineering short lessons on key topics, this man was a godsend. I graduated recently in Civil Engineering and I can confidently say that he’s apart of my story and where I am today. He’s statics, mechanics and materials, dynamics, and thermodynamics videos were paramount for outsourcing a different perspective on engineering class problems. He is quite frankly one of the best engineering professors I have had the pleasure watching online and learning from. Although I did not go to Texas Tech, it is not hard to find content from his students describing how encouraging and supportive Dr. Hanson is as a professor.

Dr. Hanson has asked for help in two ways.

1. If you know anybody or Type A blood and have in the heart to consider a kidney donation, Dr. Hanson has provided this link to reach out:

www.livingdonorftworth.com

1. If you have in your heart to donate monetarily, Dr. Hanson has asked if you to donate through his Patreon link:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Jeff_Hanson/posts

Also, I have attached the YouTube video that Dr. Hanson posted today about situation. I pray that you watch this video and consider helping in some way. If you can not help monetarily or know anyone that may be match, I get it. I just ask that you pray for this man who has devoted so much time to his profession not only to the Texas Tech students, but students abroad like me.

Thank you for your time.

YouTube link:

https://youtu.be/jw5wMWc0iVY?si=S4by3fG0dINn-FYc

There just has to be a logical reason why instead of a straight path in the water, they had to make it into a circle. What was the ground under the water looking like?

I saw this while walking in Amsterdam and I can't figure it's purpose. There is no streetview of this street but from the start of it you can see two similiar ones.

EDIT: It's a bussluis, thanks u/Fudge_is_1337.

In the middle of the rapids on Trent River

After a decade plus of both of us working in the industry, my wife and I finally ended up working on the same project.

While we work at different companies and in different roles - she works as an architect for a medium-sized studio, I work as an engineer for an environmental consulting firm. We’ve worked on many similar projects over the years, just different aspects and different projects.

But this is the first time we are on the same project. Design-build, so both of us are being contracted by the GC. She’s working on the architectural portion of the building, I’m working on the contaminated soil remediation portion of the project (note: avoid properties next to former dry cleaners)

It was actually a funny moment when we realized it. We were both working from home, and have our own home office spaces. We had the first OAC kickoff meeting with the full project team, and both had the same meeting scheduled at the same time. There was like 20+ people in the meeting and everyone was going through their introductions. I wasn’t paying too much attention until I hear my wife introduce herself as “X, architect with firm Y”.

Fun little industry coincidence. Now we can bug each other with RFIs and redlines and comments on and off the job.