Regarding the dry stack design:
I think you guys are making a mountain out of a mole hill with this trip to Turkey.
Ok, I may be an old fossil, but things haven't changed that much since I worked. Is this design company a one man operation? Isn't there a junior engineer or assistant that can at least start the design? I had a draftsman that helped me do my designs. I could give him my figures, tell him what I wanted and he usually hit the mark. If he missed, then I could point out what needed to be changed.
In a world where we can text, email and net-meet, it makes distance (or a trip to Turkey) a non-issue.
My point is that the engineering isn't as much a holdup as getting the data to the designers. Someone posted a report from a conversation with the design company saying that the design was pretty straightforward; it should only take a couple weeks. For all we know, the design is roughed out already and waiting for the formality of creating a drawing and document.
Let's not get all doom and gloomish, at least not yet.
All IMHO.
Keep positive, guys.
I just hang out here for the fun of it, that
doesn't mean I'm smart.
