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Re: [TowerTalk] Thoughts on towers suitable for my difficult location?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Thoughts on towers suitable for my difficult location?
From: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:31:52 -0700
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On 10/23/13 10:19 AM, Charlie Gallo wrote:
Jeff,
I'd talk to the PE from the beginning, and pose the questions you just asked.  He might 
actually have "better" ideas that you didn't think of (which is why you pay him)

Charlie
On 10/23/2013 Your Name wrote:

Any thoughts would be much appreciated. I might end up turning to a
Professional Engineer for final planning, but I'd like to check to see
if this is even remotely feasible before I incur that expense.


As a California PE (electrical branch, not civil or mechanical) I heartily endorse this advice, and not just out of self interest or trade enhancement. The *local* PE will have gone through a variety of situations in your area, and knows things off the top of his/her head that would take you several construction iterations (why did it do that?) to figure out. The PE will know what the local soil conditions are for structures like you're thinking of. And if it's not their area of specialization, or they don't have the background, then they *should* refer you to someone who does.

I'm sure there are bozo engineers out there (at least the disciplinary filings would make it seem so), but I've never met one. Everyone I've ever worked with has been very upfront about "that's not my area of expertise, maybe you should talk to X"


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