Elevation Calculations

tylermckee said: Example being some engineers draw pipe runs center of structure to center of structure, but really your actual pipe run is probably 4' less than that depending on what you're doing. Click to expand... Very good point on laying pipe in the field and when estimating a job, especially a large job where the LF can add up. BTW - Long time no see Tyler. Good to see you back.

tylermckee said: I always Calc my own slopes, I've caught many errors on plans, or had to adjust slopes due to how the engineer calced them. Example being some engineers draw pipe runs center of structure to center of structure, but really your actual pipe run is probably 4' less than that depending on what you're doing. Low slope stuff this isn't a big deal, but if you're running 15% (can be common here) you can end up .6' off on elevation. Good practice to always Calc your own slopes and double check Click to expand... What's really great is when you catch a pretty good miss on the plans, and have to convince some hotshot kid-engineer that they f-ed up and need to refigure things so you can keep working. Those types usually don't like to be told they're wrong by a dirty ditch-digger. BTDT.

CM1995 said: Very good point on laying pipe in the field and when estimating a job, especially a large job where the LF can add up. BTW - Long time no see Tyler. Good to see you back. Click to expand... Hadn't been on here in years, nice to see some familiar faces still

Here's a screenshot sample of a sheets file for a past job. Another nice thing about google sheets is I can share the sheets with my crew and everyone is on the same page, anything entered auto saves and auto updates for everyone.