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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold'>200
Q&A ON PRACTICAL CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS PART II</span></font></b><font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><font
size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>By Vincent T Chu</span></font></i></b><font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Vincent Chu has produced a revised edition of his work,
200 questions and answers on practical civil engineering works, in the light of
comments and feedback from the members of several Institutions world
wide. Vincent is currently writing a second volume of the book and
would like to invite members to email him questions to help him complete
it. Please send your civil engineering question to <a
href="http://hk.mc459.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=askvincentchu@yahoo.com.hk"
title="http://hk.mc459.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=askvincentchu@yahoo.com.hk"
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style='color:#003399'>askvincentchu@yahoo.com.hk</span></span></font></a>.
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If your question is selected for inclusion, he will send you a free copy of
the book!
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>He is also writing an engineering column called "The
Civil Q&A" in the website of the World Federation of Engineering
Organizations (<a href="http://www.wfeo.org" title="http://www.wfeo.org/">www.wfeo.org</a>)
on a monthly basis. It contains many common questions raised by civil
engineers and members are encouraged to visit the website and take a look at
the column.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Just to remind you, or if you have not yet seen the book
– follow this link:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a
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target="_blank"
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>If you are unable to
open the link, we can also send you the downloaded pdf version from our side.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#3399FF'>South African
Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE)</span></font></i></em><font
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