So one of my first ever engineering tasks at my current consulting firm was to create a quantity takeoff for various items on a project. The part where I was having some difficulty was where a quantity in Tonnes was required for asphalt, Granular ‘A’ and Granular ‘B’. I needed to know the density of these three materials, so I immediately hit up a google search, only to find nothing. There were a bunch of research papers on the required compacted density of asphalt, etc. but nowhere does it state the approximate unit weight of anything.
I find this kind of mind boggling. Throughout my life on computers, everytime I have a problem with any software at all, within about 5 minutes I’ve found a page with a possible solution to my problem. However, with anything related to Engineering, it’s much, much harder to find. Well, I think that should change. So here I am, ready to tell you all about my learnings as a young engineer, and hopefully spread some of the engineering love throughout the internet.
