I know bah. I was curious about the creativity pic mentioned. First feeling is just whack any value to make it pass.

Very hard to find someone so on now. Chop and sign one a lot, like a pure business like that.

Man those diligent value get stronger with age, maybe appreciate meaning of life more when I grow older.

BTW. I think I am out of topic. So TS, if you really interest in civil engineering and have passion then enroll into the course. Gender discrimination will have in these traditional jobs. But it is not so serious when you deal with higher education people as they hide them well. When you deal with some layman, then sometimes they tend to scare you with some vulgar words etc. I am not trying to scare you, but this is what happens in the industry. My old classmates also have ladies. Some become a good engineer through hardworking and some give up in the middle. Going to site is unavoidable, but not need to worry as sometimes it could be a great experience too.

aaaAAAAHHHHHH.. Siew Mei ! Let UNKEL enlighten you. I am not here to show stripes.

From the what you wrote you have not seen the global picture rather than just a tiny specialist trade angle.

Time to take on the high seas if you are not happy.

5% from the scope of work is the norm for geotech engineers. What else you expect 2% from the total contract ?!!!

Normally the specialist consultant will envy the lead consultant and the lead will jealous over the main contractor and main contractor will try to be the developer.

Let me enlighten you. Can you stomach what you swallow? Every level have their risk and can you handle the risk?

FYI; I've been working in kampungKUL for near to 20yrs aldiri + overseas.

From a climbing the corporate ladder to partnering a design office; main contractor, designer and contractor.

Completed and commissioned near to MYR 2 Billion worth projects; Mega/Big/Mid and small; Prvt/individual and government; conventional / design & build as well.

At the end of the day ... I still need to work and face the music for any mistake.

I used to tell lots of keyboard warriors .. wan a good pay profession... try politics.

this is what a typical design engineer will answer not from a site engineer.

Seem like you are younger than me..... I just trying to show you a bigger picture. If want talk about experience, then I have more than 30 years. I may not working in overseas, but I take overseas project and do locally. I am not talking about jealousy or anything. I just talking about facts. Fact hurt, I know. 2 billion MYR is not big project. We have project 10 time more than that too. Consultant overhead is high too. Local consultant growth have been limited due to a law where consultant cannot be public listed. BTW, I would like to stop argument as this is out of topic. If I hurt your feelings, I am sorry for that.

- My profession fee is 5% of the project fees. This is quite standard fees for geotechnical consultant in KL. And my projects are not small scale project. But compare with contractor.....

When you said this, you are a PE? Sure ah or trolling?

This post has been edited by JohnJon82: Apr 8 2013, 12:32 AM

I am fine for there is also another mountain higher than one... old cina ah pek saying.

Wonder are the (10*2billion) worth projects under your scope of work or its the total project value?

May be I am too naive not knowing any foundation project worth MYR 20billion; may i know what's that state of art project?

TQ.

Another keyboard warrior.... 30yrs experience as Geotech engineer in KL and a lady.

Nobody fits in the circle for all SR Geotech gurus in town are MALES and I personally know few of them as
this is a very limited area. Wasting time what another lawyer buruk !

Lol I also very curious of the 20 billion project...

And 30 years exp... Assuming you grad 20+ You around 55? Seems very good in computer for that age...

Bending theory is a structural analysis for pile cap to obtain maximum moment and shear same as beam theory. I have seen structural engineer is not aware of the lateral load thing. If you are a "design standard" based, then you can't use passive resistance in your pile group analysis. It is stated clearly in BS. You are right about the dowel bar. But sadly, there are a lot who don't know. M/z is not Mz....If you have doubt about me then I also cannot do anything about it. But I have 0 trolling post in this forum so statistically I am clean.

I mean total project value.

I never said I am a lady...did I?

YES indeed ... all my peers dun be bother to get involve in forum as waste of time and effort.

They may be few very good in but IT no way they into forum as none payable for knowledge exchange
and the worst is our BP getting higher from each reply.

I normally dun be bother to answer any unless I see a pls and thank you in their posting but i love to take
head on any fighter after my postings.

The lateral forces must be resisted by passive resistance offer from the soil... just have to consider the pile group effect of the overlapping stress bulb... Where the lateral force go then my senior fellow engineer if can't use the passive resistance? Btw, BS which clause say cannot? Where you see this M/z, which clause?

not all civil engineer need to go work with bangla. u can involve with design team tat only stay in office do design/ procurements etc. only apply when u managed to get into international company... so far many local company require u go site lor.. haha

my gawd! TS is just asking a general question on whether civil engineering field is suitable for her or not...and some of u guys are giving horror stories and untruths when u don't even know what a civil engineer do...and also some who just wanna tunjuk pandai to talk technical stuff and BS shit

civil engineers generally either work on the site or office based....it's actually ur choice which u would wanna pursue...although in general the lady engineers tend to be office based, doing design either in structure or infra works....being office-based, there will be times when u will have to go site either for meetings, or inspections...and that is actually good for u....there are things that u can only learn from site, and not from doing design in the office.

TS, if u have the passion to pursue civil engineering, it's actually quite a rewarding career....but u must be strong-willed and hardworking to succeed, just like any other profession out there...being a lady does not put u in any disadvantage compared to the men civil engineers, from what i see anyway....there are many capable lady engineers that i've come across dun be frightened by the thought of having to stand under the hot sun everyday for long hours....in reality, u will more often be under the sun when playing sports than when u'r at the site...good luck in whatever u choose

This post has been edited by Pliskin: Apr 8 2013, 01:14 AM

Eh you know any Malaysia civil / geotech engineering forum or not? Those with good knowledge people inside, not like this self claimed 30+ years exp 20 billion project senior here. The things he said sounds like blowing water, at first its like a graduate engineer, then suddenly become 30+ years exp... no comment on his fundamentals...

females can survive in whatever field they choose.

Don't talk nonsense and scare her away, picfantasia. What you said is very insulting for female. I am not an engineer but I have close family friends who are that work with my dad for his projects. They are very respectable man, they don't talk like that. What you said here made engineers sounds sexism to the public. You want to give your name? I will like to file a complain to the engineers board about you disgracing them if you are a PE. Even I know a PE is bound by his/her code of conduct by the board, and you of 30 years exp don't? Claiming to be a PE when you are not is very serious and illegal by law. Either way you have conducted fraud. I will pass this thread to my uncle and see what can they do about you.

For the others, subangman and johnjon, good for you two for defending your and the other engineers' reputation but your effort can be better spent else where.

Thanks for all the replies, although I don't really understand some of them, as they are quite detailed. Lols
Thanks for the good advice and your time. I appreciate them very much.
I think I will most probably pursue this course, as it is what I have always wanted, if I'm not mistaken.
It's just that I am not too confident about this decision and my future life if I was one.