(Editor’s Note: This is the fifth in a series of articles addressing misperceptions that exist about Subsurface Utility Engineering.) Walt Childs, former Florida DOT District Utilities Administrator, says this a lot: “It’s true you know, if you expect people to do good work, you have to inspect what they do.” But, what does this have …
(Editor’s Note: This is the 8th in a series of articles addressing misperceptions that exist about Subsurface Utility Engineering.) My mother grew up in Rives, a small town of about 400 people near Reelfoot Lake in the northwestern part of Tennessee. There were many small towns like Rives in the early 20th century. It had …
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Time goes by so fast. Things change so fast. Think back 100 years to 1917. Automobiles, paved roads, telephones, electricity, clean water, and indoor plumbing were relatively new conveniences and very few people had access to them. Now we have all of them in abundance, plus airplanes, television, computers, air conditioning, refrigeration, spacecraft, internet, fiber …
(Editor’s Note: This is the sixth in a series of articles addressing misperceptions that exist about Subsurface Utility Engineering.) Things were a lot different in 168 when I began working for the Federal Highway Administration. Lots of interstate highway work was underway and many good decisions were being made. Even so, some mistakes were also …
