The APDI Magazine
Notes from the profession — articles, industry news, technical tips, and a few jokes only an engineer would laugh at.
Tolerance
A civil engineer, a mechanical engineer and an electrical engineer are arguing about what discipline God must have been.
"Civil," says the civil engineer. "Look at the drainage."
"Mechanical," says the mechanical engineer. "Look at the joints."
"Electrical," says the electrical engineer. "Look at the nervous system."
A project manager walks past. "Architect," he says. "Who else would run a sewer line straight through a recreational area?"
Site instructions
The graduate asked the resident engineer how deep to dig the trial pit.
"Until you find something interesting," he said.
She is still down there. The report is excellent.
Three things to check before you sign a setting-out sheet
The signature is the cheap part. The rework is not.