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Engineering Ethics: The Johnstown Flood of 1889

Monday, February 18, 2019
This edition of the Hamilton Minute comes from one of our newer employees, Tom Green, PE, PLS, CFM.  When Kristen and I interviewed him, we could tell a few things about him right away: He’s smart.  He is a Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in 7 states (He nearly doubles m...

Ask an Engineer Why and How; Installment 2, What Happens After I Flush?; Number 1, Septic Tanks and Outhouses

Friday, February 1, 2019
    Ask an Engineer Why and How Installment 2: What Happens After I Flush?; Number 1, Septic Tanks and Outhouses;   Anyone who’s ever owned a dog has probably, unfortunately, been an eyewitness to the answer to this question.  Poo is food.  So th...

Ask an Engineer Why and How, Installment 1: Introduction

Tuesday, January 15, 2019
  Happy New Year!! The purpose of this edition of my blog is to try to explain why I’m a reliable and respected source to provide information about engineering.  I start writing each of these stories as a stream of consciousness that I then re-read, redline, rewrite, cut, ap...