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Thanks guys (and gals)! Sadly it is a busy work week... but I will find a way to squeeze in a few pints!

Happy Birthday! Enjoy your day!

Our accounting department uses a hybrid of the original 16-division codes plus the systems number, (then a pick code)... so for earthwork, you would see: 02300_010_001 (old CSI code, systems code, pick code). Most of the schematic estimates I do in Systems format since it is easier to address...

Two Girls, One U3-X?

Good bye Hover-round... hello U3-X!

With the current 20%+ unemployment rate within construction professionals here in NJ... I think we have weathered the storm, but employers are hesistant to refill open spots... we are doing more with less (average work week is well into the 70+ hour range from 60 hour range...)

Name the small boat 'Base Bid'... name the bigger craft 'Change Order'

Is that like me telling an owner that his project may cost between $10M and $100M, and being right???

I took the Rutgers review class over the summer of '06. Since I did transpo, I skipped the two sessions covering the PM structural, but the structural guy was pretty good. At the time, the water resource/environmental guy was also covering geotech... needless to say the geotech was lacking...

...because Al Gore invented the internet.

No bonus (not that I was in the bonus pool anyway) , no profit sharing in our 401k... got a 3% raise. Not complaining one bit.... and survived the now annual January massacre...

A real signal the end is near... this morning my EB layout was the old blue combo, I log on now, it is green...

I have an old N64... My son was interested in it so I let him play some Mario Kart 64... ended up buying an old used Toy Story 2 for him for Christmas and a mess of old racing games... He does like the Sarges Heros Green Army men games too. I save taking my frustrations out on the world by...

How did this thread get buried in General Engineering and not in STB??? The answer is to use common sense. There is no reason to go get hammered at lunch... but a couple of drinks with a subcontractor, client, vendor, etc. at a lunch is acceptable. Good rule of thumb - if you know you have a...

Snow day totally shot my plans... I was going to work two half days and two full days... the workload and deadlines don't change, even though I have less time in the office (hence, I am at my dining room table with a set of plans unrolled for the evening).

Another fake results thread.... locked!

Snow day yesterday... work today (early closing) and work tomorrow... have to burn an unused vacation day on Thursday (use it or lose it); off on Friday....

I used 839 santas... mostly because my son was watching and thought it was really fun to see the Santas fly like crash dummies...