Pavement Dimensions
Stormwater
Agencies & Bureaucracy
Drafting & Design
100
This is the average width of a lane on a public road.
What is 12 feet?
100
This must structure be placed underneath pavement if a roadway or path is to cross a stream in order for it to keep flowing.
What is a culvert?
100
This is the agency which manages the compliance of streams, wetlands, and other waters of the country.
Who are the Army Corps of Engineers?
100
These are the kind of lines which show the elevation topology on a map.
What are contours?
200
This is the average minimum parking spot size (W x L in feet.)
What is 9'x18'?
200
WHat are the usual dimenions of a square catch basin/storm drain you'd see in a parking lot?
What is 2' x 2'?
200
This is word is the name of the approval you must obtain from your local zoning board if you wish to propose a design which does not comply with the local zoning code.
What is a variance?
200
Construction plans typically feature a top down or bird's eye view of the project. This is what is what a side view, typically of a pipe system or a road, is known as.
What is a profile view?
300
This is the average minimum drive aisle width required by most municipalities? Assume parking spots on either side.
What is 24 feet?
300
These are the two most common materials storm sewer pipes are made of.
What are High-density Polyethylene (HDPE) and Reinforced Concrete (RCP)?
300
This is the name of the organization which publishes standards for materials, products, systems, and services?
Who is ASTM?
300
This is the typical size paper engineering plans are plotted on.
22" x 34".
400
This is the average minimum driveway width from a public road required by most municipalities.
What is 30 feet?
400
This is how many square feet are in an acre.
43,560 sf.
400
What two large requirements must a person possess to be eligible to be a county engineer?
What are Professional Surveyor and Professional Engineering liscenses (PE & PS).
400
This is a system/structure that must be incorporated into the sanitary sewer of a restaurant to filter food contents out of the public sewer.
What is a grease/oil interceptor?
500
This is the average thickness of parking spot striping.
What is 4" (PLENTY thick btw).
500
These are the three most common stormwater control practices (they are physical things that you see all the time).
Wet Detention Basin, Dry Detention Basin, Underground Detention Facility.
500
This is the name of the company which issues all professional engineering and surveying exams.
Who is the National Council of Examiners for Engineers & Surveyors (NCEES).
500
These are the two most common softwares used in site civil design.
What are AutoCAD Civil3D and HydroCAD?