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Pouvoir Cadien
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | Baton Rouge, LA |
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| Number of Posts: | 14 |
| Registered on: | 12/10/2012 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: Is La DOTD the most incompetent organization in the state?
Posted by Pouvoir Cadien on 12/17/21 at 11:27 am
[quote]So you’re saying it was a good idea to (for the second time) to pour concrete on a busy stretch, on a usually busy morning, with 100% humidity, knowing the last time you did the same thing it didn’t cure in time? Like I said, incompetent[/quote]
Humidity helps the strengthening/curing of c...
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re: Least Surprising Headline: I-10 widening plan in Baton Rouge may fall short of goal
Posted by Pouvoir Cadien on 2/22/18 at 9:48 pm
Toll roads are usually not solely private ventures. The ones that are typically fail. ...
re: Government Street "road diet" pushed back
Posted by Pouvoir Cadien on 1/23/18 at 9:54 am
[quote]we should really take a clue from texas and florida here...it's called TOLLS and they work.[/quote]
Does anyone realize that toll roads still cost state money? A state that has no money cant afford to build a toll road. They are not 100% private investments. ...
re: Dog thread. Which breed of dog has the strongest bite? NO CHEATING!
Posted by Pouvoir Cadien on 6/23/17 at 9:03 am
My Rhodesian female eats 8 cups a day. Can still see her ribs....
re: Would u pay 17 extra cents a gallon if you knew that 100% went to roads and bridges?
Posted by Pouvoir Cadien on 3/17/17 at 8:49 am
Correct FightnTiger. After that, the people voted to cap the amount that could be used by the state police....
re: Would u pay 17 extra cents a gallon if you knew that 100% went to roads and bridges?
Posted by Pouvoir Cadien on 3/17/17 at 8:39 am
Does anyone in this thread know how the transportation trust fund works? The portion of the gas tax that DOTD receives currently goes into the fund. It cannot be used for anything else (i.e. "lining politicians pockets"). The state police can tap into it, but thanks to the voters a couple of years a...
re: Difference between roads in Texas and Louisiana
Posted by Pouvoir Cadien on 6/16/16 at 4:25 pm
[quote]Couple of months ago on I-20 near Minden they trenched out the solid white line for around 10-15 miles only to repave it and paint over it. What was the point of that?[/quote]
^^ Sounds like retrofitting shoulder drains to me...
[quote]As soon as that got done they made it one lane agai...
re: Engineering/Pavement Question
Posted by Pouvoir Cadien on 2/12/16 at 7:34 am
I'm assuming your professor was referring to gravel aggregate. Mississippi, particularly in southern Mississippi, typically uses natural gravel which is fairly absorptive. Natural gravels and sands are rounded on the surface and therefore need further processing (i.e. crushing) to provide angularity...
re: Which Engineering degree do you feel is the hardest at LSU?
Posted by Pouvoir Cadien on 10/9/15 at 11:21 am
Then you know some PhD students that will likely not get their degrees...
re: Which Engineering degree do you feel is the hardest at LSU?
Posted by Pouvoir Cadien on 10/9/15 at 11:19 am
Or he could just become a professor......
re: Which Engineering degree do you feel is the hardest at LSU?
Posted by Pouvoir Cadien on 10/9/15 at 10:51 am
[quote]I made more than that as an EI 2, but I did get a special rate because of my 2 years of co-op experience with DOTD[/quote]
The co-op program is really good. What section did you intern with?...
re: Which Engineering degree do you feel is the hardest at LSU?
Posted by Pouvoir Cadien on 10/9/15 at 10:37 am
[quote]which ones?[/quote]
BS Eveg, BSCE, MSCE, Phd CE.
I've taught courses in ME, CE, and Eveg. A couple of the advanced CE materials courses (7000 level) are the hardest in the university. Often a combination of CE and ME phd students. ...
re: Which Engineering degree do you feel is the hardest at LSU?
Posted by Pouvoir Cadien on 10/9/15 at 10:04 am
Four engineering degrees here. My Ranking:
ME/ChemE, EE, Eveg/Civil, PetE, IE...
re: Anyone else stuck in this shitshow on i10W?
Posted by Pouvoir Cadien on 6/7/15 at 10:56 pm
In response to why cant dotd do this in the winter and at night...you can't lay asphalt when the temperature is under 50F in the shade.
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