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    Earthquake Anyone

    Just sat through my first one. Felt like someone was running large machinery outside.
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    No wonder why Engineers aren't paid well

    Heard this on the news and it made my skin crawl. I know it is just a title thing, but dilute the title of engineer by our president is just wrong. If he were to come out and say that he were going to train 10,000 doctors when in reality he meant 10,000 med techs, the AMA would be rioting. In...
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    Credentials

    So I was working at a place a little while ago and saw an individual with the following title block Joe Smith, RLA, ASLA The RLA stands for Registered Landscape Architect. I could not figure out what the ASLA stood for though so I asked the guy. He said that it stood for American Society of...
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    Are federal workers overpaid

    I saw this on Yahoo and thought that it was interesting. My wife has a federal job (non engineering), so I am a bit conflicted. Her total compensation package is about 20k more than me and we are at about the same point in our careers. There are also some other perks that are left out of the...
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    Stormwater Loading Ratios

    In PA I am having a guideline enforced on me which states that the maximum drainage area to bmp may not be greater than an 8;1 ratio. So I if have a 1 ac footprint basin, I can have a max of 8 ac contributing to it. Is anyone aware of anything similar being implemented around the country which...
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    Citing Flawed Analysis, Feds Send EPA Storm Water Rules Back to the Drawing Board

    Citing Flawed Analysis, Feds Send EPA Storm Water Rules Back to the Drawing Board August 13, 2010 - In a major victory for affordable housing, sound science and more sensible regulations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been forced to withdraw a key portion of new storm water...
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    Regulators Found liable

    I know that there are a significant number of state and federal employees on this board and figured I would share this... http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-phi...l#axzz0rgAaoNff Pretty incredible
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    NPDES Renewal associated with construction activities

    Although this may be a PA specific problem, others may have run into it, so I am hoping to get any feedback possible... History A 100 acre residential sub division was approved and fully permitted about 4 years ago. There were no detention facilities on site due to the site's proximity to the...
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    HEC RAS

    I am at a point in my professional development that I feel like I need to know this program in order to make a leap up. Can anyone recomend a DVD course to learn this program? Feedback would be appreciated Thanks
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