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Tag: Civil Engineering

Mentoring

May 30, 2016 Mike Thomas

The idea of being a mentor, comes from the character with the same name in Homer’s Odessey, where Mentor has…

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Posted in: Business, Featured, Revelstoke Filed under: Civil Engineering, engineering

Sustainable Civil Engineering

April 20, 2016 Mike Thomas

Earth day is just around the corner, and it is important that we make sustainable choices in the areas that…

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Posted in: Blogging, Civil Engineering, Construction, Design, Energy, History Filed under: Civil Engineering, engineering

Future Floods in Calgary?

June 28, 2013 Mike Thomas 1 Comment

The City of Calgary and many surrounding communities have recently experienced severe flooding, and there are several questions that engineers…

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Posted in: Canada, Cities, Civil Engineering, Design, Governance, Stormwater, Sustainability Filed under: Bow River, Calgary, Civil Engineering, Emergency Response, Flood Management, Flood Planning, Flooding, Stormwater Planning

Lifecycle Project Costs

January 12, 2011 Mike Thomas

I see a lot of new engineering technologies that have been developed in an attempt to better solve old problems.…

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Posted in: Civil Engineering, Construction, Design Filed under: Civil Engineering, cost estimating, costs, engineering, estimating, infrastructure, lifecycle costs, net present value, present value, sewer, Water

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

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