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["Gary Hodgson & Associates" <ghodgson(--nospam--at)bellnet.ca>]

Scott,
  I may be wrong but I think there are several flavours
of metric of which SI is only one but it is consistent.
  I just came back from Great Britain where they are
more into metric but I noticed that a lot of road signs
are still in miles.  Engineering on the other hand seems
to be 100% metric.  I also noticed that they use a
shiney structural bolt which really stands out and they
are easy to count from a distance.  And they certainly
cut a lot of holes in beams for services ahead of time--
I think to save space between floors.  Any body else 
have any comments on this?
Gary
that space is at a premium


On 20 Dec 2005 at 23:40, Scott Maxwell wrote:

> Ah, when it comes to concrete, which SI metric do you want? <grin>
> There are several "flavors" to choose from which mainly effect rebar
> sizes and size designations.  This is why ACI has such a tough time
> coming up with an official "metricfication" (real word? if so,
> spelling?) policy for doing their dual units in their publications (I
> believe that ACI's official policy is that all ACI documents are
> supposed to be published in dual units...i.e. Imperial [foot, inch,
> etc] and SI/metric).  Beyond the issue of rebar, there still needs to
> be a consensus of what are the official metric units to use in various
> situations so that we all use the same stuff (not that it is that hard
> to move between various metric magnitudes).  For example, if you do a
> cross section of a concrete beam, do you use mm, cm, or m for the
> linear dimensions?  Some folks like mm while others prefer cm.
> 
> So getting the "SI metric thing back on track" ain't such an easy
> thing...and that is not even starting to talk about getting
> entrenched, old fart dogs (which includes me at this point more than
> likely) to learn new tricks!  <grin>
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Scott (who technically works for a Canadian company now who is forced
> to do it "our" [i.e. Imperial units] way since they sell/work a LOT in
> the US <grin> ah, the power to be unilateralists!!!! <grin>) Adrian,
> MI
> 
> 
> On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Paul Ransom wrote:
> 
> >
> > Personally, I'm glad to see it. Now if you folks could get the SI
> > metric thing back on track ...
> >
> > --
> > R. Paul Ransom, P. Eng.
> > Civil/Structural/Project/International
> > Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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