"Wally" wrote in message
| The name sounds vaguely familiar, but I haven't used it - haven't done
stuff
| with roads yet. Building envelope is the field I've worked in so far
| (structural glazing, curtain walling, cladding, roofing), all learned on
the
| job. I got a start through a friend when I inadvertently showed him I can
| think in 3D after messing around with ACAD completely cold. ("Hey, you can
| do this! Want some work?"). I think can see what Eagle Point is about -
give
| it a drawing of a path, maybe a survey of the topology of the terrain
| (soil/rock), give it parameters, and it spits out quantities, yes? (I'll
| look it up on Google...)

It's based on input from a total station.... all the topographic
delineations are entered in the fields and you down the coordinates from the
data collector. Then it's just a matter of entering the new alignment data
and pining the horizontal and vertical control points.


|
|
| Ekati Diamond Mines is always looking for skilled Cad people. It only
| pays about 100K Cdn a year and it's a camp job but the camp is high
| tech and has all the toys. High Security as well. 2 weeks in and one
| week out. Discount flights on a global basis. Lots of the Cad folk do
| work in Yellowknife on their time out. It almost doubles their pay.
|
| CAD in diamond mines? What do they draw - support structures?

Yup... pits dams containment ponds, blast quantities, environmental data. It
all has to be kept in strict control.


| I have a couple of feelers out in my area at present and I should hopfully
| know what's happening with them early next week. $100k Cdn is a bit more
| than I'd get contracting here, and it does sound interesting, but the
travel
| is the downside. That said, if my feelers fall through, I may well be up
for
| it. If you're away before I know what's happening here, could you stay in
| touch with me via email?


That might be difficult unless I can get to a modem or sat uplink. I'll cont
act you from your website.

CM