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Aesthetics and Utilitarian Design

May 2, 2011 Mike Thomas

As a creative, yet industrial professional, utility is not far from my mind when assessing options, but in many cases,…

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Posted in: Sustainability Filed under: acrchitecture, aesthetics, buildings, Design, engineering, Urban design

Road Load Limits

March 30, 2011 Mike Thomas 2 Comments

The BC Ministry of Transportation has recently started a blog, following in the footsteps of others, like, "The Fastlaneā€, the…

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Posted in: BC, Civil Engineering, Transportation Filed under: BC, blog, Design, freeze thaw cycle, government, highways, load limits, road design, snow melt, spring melt

Why I Write

June 28, 2010 Mike Thomas 3 Comments

Image by urbanworkbench via Flickr Writing is part of my daily routine, I write a lot, both for work and…

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Posted in: Blogging, Civil Engineering, Kootenays, Sustainability Filed under: British Columbia, Civil Engineering, Creative Class, Design, engineering, environment, Sustainability, urban planning

Simplicity

June 9, 2010 Mike Thomas 8 Comments

My whole life is surrounded by technology that has been discovered or invented in the past 50 years. I am…

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Posted in: Civil Engineering, Conference, Design, Technology Filed under: civil engineer, Civil Engineering, Design, engineering, simple, simplicity, simplify, Sustainability

Stormwater Design

June 1, 2010 Mike Thomas 2 Comments
IDF Curve for Castlegar

Stormwater design is one of the most critical components of urban engineering. Unfortunately in Canada there is no national standard…

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Posted in: Australia, Castlegar, Civil Engineering, Stormwater Filed under: Castlegar, Castlegar IDF curve, Civil Engineering, Design, drainage, drainage design, engineering, IDF curve, rainfall, rational method, runoff, Stormwater, stormwater design

Phone Funnies

April 20, 2010 Mike Thomas

The first days back at work can be a struggle after a holiday, and it was a good one, lots…

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Posted in: Business, Civil Engineering, Design, Software Filed under: autocad, CAD, Civil Engineering, computers, Design, drafting, engineering, Software

Boring Playgrounds

November 15, 2008 Mike Thomas 5 Comments

“There is an overemphasis on brightly coloured equipment, an over-preoccupation with safety and far too little thought and time paid…

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Posted in: Play Spaces Filed under: Child Welfare, Children Youth and Family, Design, Playground, playspace, Polyvinyl chloride, public space, Safety
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