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塞缪尔C. Florman是一位美国土木工程师,一般承包商和作者。他为其着作和讲话是关于工程,技术和一般文化的讲话。他的作品,包括The Existential Pleasures of Engineeringand a memoir:好家伙,WISEGEYS,并提出建筑物;建设中的生活, are being re-released as digital books.
Courtesy Thomas Dunne Books A New York City contractor's memoir In 1956 I arrived at the office for my first day of work at the company then called Kreisler Borg in Westchester County, N.Y. The firm was one year old and had completed its first two jobs with a total contract value under $75,000. I was welcomed with jovial sentiments, then promptly presented with the plans and specifications for the next project to be bid.I remember it well: the repairing of wooden fenders on the Cross Bay Parkway Viaduct in Queens. The work consisted of removing and replacing large creosote