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Another critter story

Monday, July 15, 2019

Howard has shared a number of “critter” stories on this blog. I have been working with him for over 20 years and I think his bad luck has rubbed off on me. In early April, I was outside thinking it was a great time to start the spring clean-up of my yard. I was on the ...

Ask an Engineer Why and How, Installment 7: What are Water Tanks for?

Monday, July 1, 2019

I find that I have struggled with each of the topics of the “Why” series simply because I’m an engineer and, as a non-engineer client recently told me, “Engineers think ‘differently’”. I need to know how EVERYTHING works so, consequently, I see an ...

Appearance vs. Reality: “Dangerous” Intersections

Friday, June 14, 2019

As much as is possible, engineering is the study of what is. In a time when opinion can be elevated to truth and social media confirms all our fears, people are as prone as ever disregard facts for opinions. Good engineering demands we pay attention to the facts and then make a careful judgement on ...