Engineering on Patrick Lam

Review: Epic: Adventures across Aotearoa, by Ray Salisbury

Sat, 16 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A collection of tales about going over, across, and around the motu of Aotearoa.

Review: How Infrastructure Works: Transforming our shared systems for a changing world, by Deb Chachra

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

An optimistic look at the role of technology (and specifically infrastructure) in the changes that will be needed in our society in the coming years.

Engineering failures in real life

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

So here I am staying in a hotel in Burnaby BC. Outside my window I can see a “Save-on-Foods”. Hmm. Let’s see. Save-on-Foods. Burnaby. Wait! I remember something from the Professional Practice Exam book! [edit 2020: This was well before the Algo Centre Mall collapse in Elliot Lake.]

OK, so is that the Save-on-Foods in question? Google Maps tells me that my hotel is 0.3km from the Save-on-Foods in Station Square, as described below.