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Sir Taliesin · 02-28-2003, 10:49 PM

I work in the civil engineering field in the State of Tennessee. Two years ago the Tennessee Department of Transportation mandated that all highway engineering projects would be done in metric. What they found was that project cost increased by 20 to 50% due to lack of understanding. They were charged more by engineering firms to design projects and they were charged more by contractors. There were so many problems that they ended up scrapping the mandate after a year.

I personally have no problem with the metric system. I think it's much easier to design with. One of the problems I personally faced with TDOT's decision was that while TDOT was designing in metric, the utilities companies that I worked for, refused to change to the metric system. So I had to work between two different systems when doing utilities relocations due to a highway project.
Now that, I found confusing!

The only way I'd be for a metric system in the US is if we changed everything in one day and that IMHO will never happen.

02-28-2003, 10:49 PM	#3
Sir Taliesin Silver Dragon Join Date: March 4, 2001 Location: Knoxville, TN USA Age: 60 Posts: 1,641	I work in the civil engineering field in the State of Tennessee. Two years ago the Tennessee Department of Transportation mandated that all highway engineering projects would be done in metric. What they found was that project cost increased by 20 to 50% due to lack of understanding. They were charged more by engineering firms to design projects and they were charged more by contractors. There were so many problems that they ended up scrapping the mandate after a year. I personally have no problem with the metric system. I think it's much easier to design with. One of the problems I personally faced with TDOT's decision was that while TDOT was designing in metric, the utilities companies that I worked for, refused to change to the metric system. So I had to work between two different systems when doing utilities relocations due to a highway project. Now that, I found confusing! The only way I'd be for a metric system in the US is if we changed everything in one day and that IMHO will never happen. __________________ Sir Taliesin<br /><br />Hello... Good bye.