25th percentile Software Engineer now makes more than 90th percentile Civil Engineer

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this staircase, thoughts?

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Construction site of the Osman Gazi Bridge at Turkey.

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Merry Christmas to all and to all that have comments on this sheet

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Damn, literally unplayable

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10k+ sq ft floor slab against a beautiful sunset sent by one of my techs just finished up this evening.

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For Fun

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Hehehe

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Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1971 vs 2020

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Good way to explain how cities should be built

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Aww

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For that concrete lover in your life!

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Designer life before AutoCAD

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The Choluteca bridge in Honduras, that withstood Hurricane Mitch with minor damage, was rendered useless as the Hurricane changed the course of the river the bridge was built for.

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Which one of you made this?

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When the Architect, Engineer, Interior Designer, fail to communicate 😏

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What’s your oldest material you still regularly use for reference?

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Boss isn’t gonna be happy with that one

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“No job hopping” ~ASCE

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Have I ever told you the story of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge? - Every civil engineering professor ever

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Perfect

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The American Society of Civil Engineers

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I always wondered how they got the blocks to stick together

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Lol I wonder how this happened.

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Tell me you didn't read the specs without telling me you didn't read the specs

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When you job is your passion

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What is the purpose of these concrete protrusions? I was in an airport parking structure and got curious.

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The Survey gang war of 2020

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I'm not saying the engineering here failed but...

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My life right now...

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Awesome

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Precast beam set at 12:00 AM.

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I thought this was a Civil Engineer when going to visit a new place on vacation.

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Who else cried?

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Wait, it's all cantilever Always has been

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Coworkers made me a bike lane all the way to my desk because of how much I talk about cars sucking. (Not actually, i stole this)

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What is this called? Chain-link enclosure and rocks within

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When you ask the ADA guy when the next curb ramp compliancy revision comes out

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The use of metal clamps to hold stonework together

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Going into that hydraulic jump doesnt look too good

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To everyone who was planning to jump to a tech job last year...

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Will it stabilize EQ loads too? Lol

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This week's challenge for the 4 kids: build the lightest 3' bridge that can hold a 20lb point load in the center. Any materials or style. Kicking off with pizza box structures lesson over dinner. Will report with photos Friday.

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Do you guys build tall buildings made of wood in the US?

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Do you even FDC?

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Building a highway in swampland, what could go wrong?

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Is there any reason for the light poles my city park to be placed in the middle of the sidewalk like this?

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The traffic engineering profession is a big part of the problem and needs reform

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400 sq yd landscape required...400 sq yd landscape given.

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Please cap your exposed rebar. With REAL caps.

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Thought y’all would appreciate this

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Inside of a Segmental Box Girder

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Just graduated and don't know what do?

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PART TWO of: This drive my nuts. Shitty Architecture CAD plan

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All I Could Think of When Someone Mentioned Underground Detention in Florida...

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For my fellow transpo engineers.

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Whoops!

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Before and after the 1985 earthquake: steel reinforcements of a column as required by code in Mexico City.

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Let me introduce you to my favorite ADA compliant sidewalk

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Any bridge enjoyers in here

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Sometimes we build it, because we can

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Hmm?

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Millennium Tower Developments

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My gut says this should be shared here but somehow I can’t explain why this is CE.

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Chicago Metra UP-N Track, Carries 34,000 passengers on 70 trains across this bridge every day.

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Here’s your 2030 ADA updated requirements... Probably

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Lots of questions here about salary trajectories. I’ll go ahead and volunteer mine. Some explanatory notes are in the comments.

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Max density

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Came up on my Instagram feed... what do y’all think? 😂

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Looking for the relevance and value of an old civil engineers handbook.

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Small engineering firm, we're keeping a sense of humor while having to work during this Covid19 crisis

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What caused this cracking and how to prevent?

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Graphic illustrating how much each U.S. state spends on their highway systems

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Can't wait to graduate

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Happy Friday!

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Train tracks in Japan have special pathways for turtles under them to avoid turtle casulaties and train delays

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A metro pillar literally in the middle of a highway in Delhi, India

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In the bottom picture, is that actually a roundabout or something else?

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Bus lane through a roundabout

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When she says she wants a guy with a car, and he’s a civil engineer

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Inspecying the rebar jungle

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The structural magnitude of an off-shore oil rig has always amazed me

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Alright, who didn’t put this on grade?

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Don’t @ me

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How my day has been.

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Life before AutoCAD!

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It’s time

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8 randomly located core samples please!

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Typical.

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So if they wired a hydroelectric dam up backwards, would it eventually stop the water from flowing? Asking for a friend.

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ok who's sorting this one out?

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Funny detail i found in an actual set of plans.

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We’ve been designing them all wrong!

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ASCE: We should be more inclusive of women in engineering. Also ASCE:

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Civil 3D is a mystery to me sometimes

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Finally

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At least they maintained a nice clean boulevard, am I right?

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A speed limit sign posted in a school zone in Georgia.

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What a waste.

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I started collecting antique civil engineer books and thought this was interesting - a 4 page section dedicated to the proper use of animals in a construction setting

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Why are lights this tall? To Flood?

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Passed the FE after some great advice from this thread!

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A manhole cover in Weisbaden, Germany.

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Bamboo reinforced concrete i guess

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Foundation investigation specialist #open to work

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Q and A time

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Am I missing something or is this just abuse? 12 hour shifts with weekend work for only 50k in California?

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Nooooo

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what's the purpose of these walls rising above the roof?

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Oh no

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I'm not even trying any more

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MUTCD: 12 inches is the new 8 inches

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My borough seriously needs to find a new municipal engineer. #wtf

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Does anyone else feel like this? I’ve been working in the CE field for 2 years and I still feel like anyone can do my job and I’m still receiving more prestige (in society) than I deserve

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The office designers WHS awareness when visiting your site.

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Loadings on Element

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To be fair, technically this solution is not worse than we use temporarily some times / municipal engineer

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Intersting concept to reduce light pollution, not cutting edge yet would improve your local neighborhood.

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It's the thought that counts?

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Is this normal/acceptable?

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Did they have to put it in such bold letters??

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Construction never goes as scheduled

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Rivers dont make good borders. Rivers are dynamic in nature(discharge of water, silt, slope). Rivers change their planforms with change of these.

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Amazing how it's still holding up.

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(ALIVE) Can't be too careful with contractors.

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Should’ve been Game of the Year for 2018

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Ironic

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Good recommendation

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Lego Surveying Crew

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An explaination to why it is important to keep your construction out of frost

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Traffic engineer woes

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I made a meme

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What are the orange caps for?

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Can someone explain this ramp on the outer lane.

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Let’s play “find the silt fence” ... go!

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I’ve been in cofferdams surrounded by ground, but being in one surrounded by water is almost too unnerving.

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Idiots and the useful idiots who defend them...

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Engineer who teaches as a side job starter pack

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Life as an Estimator/Valuer.

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Got to hit the restart button every time

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Is there a structural reason for having a stepped dam wall instead of it being smooth or is it just for constructability?

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Thoughts?? 👀🤔

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Should've guessed

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The 11-hour-pour with 259 trucks utilized for 13,502-yard mat foundation laid on Oct 4, 2003 for the second condo structure, a mirror image of the first of Grande Towers, San Diego.

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Hahahaha. No.

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Found this gem while looking for a job in LA County.

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