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Originally Posted by jaco
As someone who has to deal with new people in a similar enviroment. My best advice is just to admit ignorance when you dont know something and go with the ideas of someone with experience. If its a major decision, You can usually call in to your direct superior for final approval.
Besides, if it truely is just an on site engineering job, you will only be called in for making a decision when the plans dont cover specifics. Well, thats what i have seen in my years dealing with engineers anyways. No real getting your hands dirty, you will probably spend more time chatting with supervisors and drinking coffee than anything else :P
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I'm pretty sure that I will have to fess up. They wanted me to start on the 25th, but I deferred because of university tests. I was hired by a high-up (possibly owner) of the company. The guy I'll be working under has already refered to me, with distain, as 'college boy'. I want to leave as little room for stupid error as possible.
Here's hoping that I'll spend more time chatting and drinking coffee then actual work... we'll see. I have to be on-site an hour earlier and 30 mins later then the crews. I don't know what that indicates yet.
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Originally Posted by BAMF
if you are on the geotech side you will be inspecting. Probably inspecting lifts with a nuc gage. By your description, it sounds like a construction management position. You just need to work at balancing out the machines so idle time is reduced.
If you are building an embankment you will place it in 6 to 12 inch lifts, and compact on every lift. The material being compacted generally needs to be granualar and within a specific moisture. If there is any wood (logs, roots, etc) they need to be removed, as when they rot the soil will settle.
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It is more on the construction (bottom) management side. A field was being surveyed for the final time before ground breaking earlier this week. It is supposed to be well on the way to a subdivision by the end of the summer.
I can also report that I have just finished my introductory soils course, so I would only have to half-fake it if the topic arrises.