re: Engineers/Construction Workers?

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I'm a civil engineering graduate who works in construction. While I have next to zero interest in staying in this field, I think it is a great place for any engineer to start. It gives him real world experience in how things are actually built. It amazes me how shoddy some of the plans are that we get, and totally not doable in a practical sense. I plan to take this knowledge and make it useful when I become a designer.

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It's a GREAT place to start! As someone who's both designed and built projects, I can tell you I absolutely carried my construction lessons into the design portion of my career.

ALWAYS remember that your design actually has to be built. The couple grand you think you've saved in the design portion just turned into a major loss when it takes a month to install this absurd configuration. Some of the asshat designs I see these days I wonder if anyone has done any sort of constructability review on it.