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Wyatt,

A different Andrew here, but I have worked a dozen years in a couple of different civil offices doing civil plans (despite the fact that I’m an LA). I’ve worked on civil plans on many landscape architect’s projects – some that won ASLA National Awards. Different offices handle things differently. Some like to xref, some do not. Some avoid…[Read more]

If possible, could you find out what their experience has been like so far? Thanks!

If Civil is leading the project, we work from their base files and reload as they send updates.
We always attach survey and civil drawings as Xrefs, and if necessary adjust line weights &/or opacity of the Xrefs without ever modifying the original files. That said, some projects will have standards requirements that every office involved must…[Read more]

Trace, welcome to the future. I hope you gather from my post that though the transition is difficult, it gets better.
Andrew, I’d like to hear about your experience coordinating with civil engineers. At my employer, we have not had a need to share files with other consultants, so our own in-house styles are all we have to manage. I am curious…[Read more]

I read recently in LAM that LEED  is becoming less and less in demand…
so, maybe it is ok to have a lawn….haha.
 

Thank you both for your replies.
I will take a look into Pinnacle.
Our office is going through a transition period, and though most are quite comfortable with Civil 3D, proper setup and standardization is taking some time, and I am very new to it.
It is an LA office, though we work pretty closely with Civil offices.

We’re going to Civil 3D also.  Thanks for post. NOT looking forward to it..
 

Civil 3D is a beast. I’ve used it for the last 18 months or so, and only really understand a portion of what the software will do. I was told when I started learning it that I would need to use it exclusively on about 3 projects before I would really grasp the workflow. I would say that’s accurate. The parts of the program that I’ve used 3 or more…[Read more]

Thanks a bunch Leslie.
~Jennifer

Hi Jennifer,

I can’t help you there, I only took A and B knowing the format would change. But the test feels similar in the way questions are posed.
There are a lot of multiple choice in the form of “choose all that apply”.
If you’ve already passed D, can do the ASLA vignettes and you have experience with preparing CDs I’d say you shouldn’t…[Read more]

Thanks Leslie,
I have previously passed section D but now need to retake due to not having passed E.  
I wonder if you are familiar with D? And if so, how you would compare the two tests.
Best Wishes – Jennifer

I took it yesterday. The grading was actually pretty easy and was only a fraction of what was tested. If you look through the Clarb description of what is being tested (preparation of all CDs) it is pretty accurate. Be prepared to answer questions about what information is included in which parts of the Construction Documents and traditional…[Read more]

I worked for a firm in Beijing for 7 months then Shanghai for another 6. I’m moving to HK in January without a job but I should be able to find one. Email me with any questions. I have a 2 friends that recruit for the design industry in China.

Fred
fpgdoyle@gmail.com
US Cell: 919-946-2255

Hi Bard,I have been in Shanghai for a couple years now.

Message me if you want to discuss anything.Take careTyler

Has anyone taken Section 4? Is there any experience to share yet?

Thanks guys. I have a lot of work to do on the mobile version still. Its good to know about the security thing. I think I still have to get an ssl certificate but I have put it on the back burner because I’m not selling products. Gerrit, I know the Mobile version on phones is horrible. I had a mobile version that really dumbed down everything and…[Read more]

Our company network wouldn’t let me view.  Apparent security risk.  🙁

Hi Jamie,

Thanks for your input! Trello is a great tool and good to hear it is being used in LA firms.
Regarding your customer contact management system, I had some success implementing Business Contact Manager (addon for Micorsoft Outlook) to create a database for sending company newsletters and used shared folders in each persons inbox so…[Read more]