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I am running everything through my employer. He has us covered on the insurance end. Of course i have to share... but that is not only the right thing to do, it keeps everything above board. He has done a few docks through the years and plans to help me get started. I'd really like to do...

Side-lot and rear-lot swales?

Private individuals... permit related.

I realize the issues with signing something you are not familiar with.. But I am still an engineer. I have tha bility to think and reason and provide calculations, It just seems that you can never get experience if you do not start somewhere. This is where i am losing it. I would like to...

double post.. fail

I have a friend with a marine construction company. He wah been doing this for over 15 years and has always relied on the same 1 or 2 guys to sign and seal his plans. He tells me that the dock plans are cookie cutter and are always built the same. He has never been legally challenged or sued...

Just recieved a pay raise. Was making 65 a year with a $500.00 per month reimbursement for phone, medical, vehicle. I gathered current market information for PE's with 10+ years experience and presented it to owner. After a few months of consideration we had lunch and discussed again. Now...

I am currently a civil engineer with 14 years of experience overall. I started as a cadd technician and put myself through school. I recently recieved a FL PE. Eleven of those years have been in design / project management positions. I currently make 65K a year with a $500.00 / month...

I worked every single practice problem in the practice manual that parallels the CERM that had to do with Water Resources and ENV... about 10 times.. and more for the ones that gave me any grief. I also worked the first 20 or 30 practice problems for every other discipline also, many times. If...

I asked the question...Is there any room for partnership or anything of the sort....The answer I got was absolutely not. There will only be one owner. "What do you think? I am just going to build a company and hand it over to someone either in whole or in part?"

See... This feels like you are thinking just like him. He simply states the same thing. You make 75K a year (once you add everything up) and then provides a straight line comparison to others in the field who make the same. But the deal is.. they make 75K a year with benefits, and a phone...

We just got paychecks.. My Current payrate is 2600 every two weeks...=$67,600 annually. I also get a reimbursement check for $500.00 every month. This was originally to offset any salary deficiency, but since has went on the books as (phone, car allowance, medical)... whatever it is that he...

I recently passed the Florida PE exam for civil engineering. I work for a very small Civil Engineering company in south Florida. Aside from the owner, I am the only PE. I do everything for our company from proposals and marketing to ICPR modeling (storm water), lift station calculations, all...