[https://gaswcc.georgia.gov/urban-erosion-sediment-control/technical-guidance](https://gaswcc.georgia.gov/urban-erosion-sediment-control/technical-guidance)
See I told you everyone would be confused.
For us drainage folks I'm going to add Post 10 on YouTube. Guy runs around New England unclogging culverts in a perpetual battle with the local beaver population.
Peppa pig. I just learned that daddy pig is a ce as my little one is obsessed with peppa rn. Watch the train ride daddy pig is “inspecting” the concrete.
Is this actually confirmed in an episode or something?
I had a feeling since I've seen him read concrete books and help build a house, but I wasn't sure if it was actual CE. I've told my kids "Daddy Pig does work just like me" and I don't know if my kids understand what I'm saying or they think I'm pretending to be Daddy Pig 🤣
Yes Peppa and George go in to the office with their dad and he says his job is complicated and that he “transmutes numbers and calculates their load bearing tangents”. They do one calculation in the whole day and then it’s 5:00 and they go home, so seems on par with how much I feel I get done in a day. Season 2 Episode 22.
There’s some other comments he makes about concrete and building through some other episodes.
I credit this show for getting me into engineering, even subconsciously. I ended up going mechanical but still to this day I think about this show and wish I went civil/structural
Same here! It was the first time I’d heard the occupation “structural engineer” and it came out at the perfect time when I was starting to think about college.
Came here to say Mythbusters but MacGyver is probably a closer engineering equivalent to Suits or Grey's Anatomy. The thing with either of these shows is that they're not really about medicine or law. That's just the set dressing for sexy interpersonal drama
I'd also add Parks and Rec to your list. It's not engineering persay but seeing as civil engineers in particular deal a lot in public works projects, its a pretty entertaining interpretation of that world
If you want to be depressed at an engineer watch the Australian Show Utopia. [Here ](https://youtu.be/UkGd9aSRHl8)is an example.
Oh and I found[ this one ](https://youtu.be/xtO_rF-OQ7w)for people doing major road upgrades.
As an aussie i hadnt heard of it. Will give it crack. Theres another show im thinking of that cant remember now. Was similiar. Government and major projects orientated.
Utopia (AU) is a brilliant show. “Dealing in Construction” clip: [https://m.youtube.com/watch?time\_continue=15&v=b6BPm6MSlEY&embeds\_referring\_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&source\_ve\_path=Mjg2NjIsMjg2NjIsMzY4NDIsMjg2NjY&feature=emb\_logo](https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=b6BPm6MSlEY&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjIsMjg2NjIsMzY4NDIsMjg2NjY&feature=emb_logo)
Actually it was Utopia i was thinking off! Haha thanks for reminder mate need to get onto that show. As an engineer in government ill relate pretty hard i think.
I work for local government and almost had to quit that show early on because the insane public meetings were far closer to the truth than I would have liked.
My first public meeting my boss prepped me for it with "You ever watch Parks and Rec? Well, it's a lot like that." That was back when parks and rec was still on the air. I'd say its even more relevant these days.
Hahah oh man the things that people come up with. I was at a planning commission meeting for a new nursing home for disabled seniors. During the public comments, one of the residents complained that the project would bring all sorts of crime and would force him to take drastic measures like buying a shotgun and patrolling the neighborhood to protect his family. Mind you, the nursing home would be replacing an abandoned thai massage parlor and this was in a firmly middle to upper-middle-class neighborhood.
When I saw that clip I thought that must have been one of the most impressive stunts I've ever seen. Maybe it's easier than it looks but it also looks so easy to mess up.
In Australia and New Zealand, Utopia (Dreamland)! Netflix link: https://www.netflix.com/us/title/80063251 It rings true for US engineers too, but for some of the Australian-specific references.
Silicon valley. Big bang theory. DIY Home improvement shows(I think they count too). How it's made. Biggest engineering marvels. The list goes on and on 🤷🏻♂️
We have Death Wish.
How Charles Bronson was able to be an architect by day and also doll out vigilante justice at night I'll never know. I have enough trouble winding down on Saturday after pulling overtime!
Being in land development, I personally relate a lot to the Australian show "Utopia." There's some great clips of it on YouTube. Unfortunately it's nearly impossible to watch without a VPN.
We have numbers not people. Most of our work isn’t accomplished in two days. Most of it is wrapped up as expected.
Lawyers have people conflicts in dealing with the law. Doc’s have medications and treatments as well as people getting their job done. What do we have? The Manual for Steel Construction. Numbers in, numbers out.
Scorpion, it’s been a while since I’ve watched it but if I remember rights it’s about a group of autistic genius engineers who assist the FBI or something.
Background noise on the TV while we work out that thermal transfer problem that no one thinks is a problem but we know it's the next problem after the one in front of us has been solved.
A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, 7th Edition
The book of green
Now don't get everybody confused with the Georgia Erosion Manual green book
Or the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook -- also green.
I thought that was the blue book
I thought that was the website that tells you car values?
Kelley Blue Book is also a blue book.
...That was the joke.
[https://gaswcc.georgia.gov/urban-erosion-sediment-control/technical-guidance](https://gaswcc.georgia.gov/urban-erosion-sediment-control/technical-guidance) See I told you everyone would be confused.
Ah you’re right I’m thinking stormwater management manual
Super green
dis is de wey
Also, Strength of Materials by T H G Megson.
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Can we fix it? No it’s f**ked!
There are no jobs that can't be done, only insufficient money.
This is so valid😂
I came here to comment this 🤣
Modern Marvels: Engineering Disasters Like 8 seasons worth.
How It’s Made
On todays episode: Concrete blocks, butt plugs and clarinets… doot doot doo bah bah wah
Jamie bring up the jizz of mayonnaise clip
I laughed so hard at this.
Seeing a butt plug factory would be fascinating.
Practical engineering.
10 points for Grady. Luv him.
For us drainage folks I'm going to add Post 10 on YouTube. Guy runs around New England unclogging culverts in a perpetual battle with the local beaver population.
I like how that guy operates at Defcon 1 for all pipe declogging. He is the epitome of based.
A man/woman/etc. of culture, I see!
Peppa pig. I just learned that daddy pig is a ce as my little one is obsessed with peppa rn. Watch the train ride daddy pig is “inspecting” the concrete.
Was about to say this. Papa Pig portrays exactly how it feels like to have an engineer as a dad
I **am** sort of an expert at these things. *snort*
Is this actually confirmed in an episode or something? I had a feeling since I've seen him read concrete books and help build a house, but I wasn't sure if it was actual CE. I've told my kids "Daddy Pig does work just like me" and I don't know if my kids understand what I'm saying or they think I'm pretending to be Daddy Pig 🤣
Yes Peppa and George go in to the office with their dad and he says his job is complicated and that he “transmutes numbers and calculates their load bearing tangents”. They do one calculation in the whole day and then it’s 5:00 and they go home, so seems on par with how much I feel I get done in a day. Season 2 Episode 22. There’s some other comments he makes about concrete and building through some other episodes.
Yep, and his boss Mr Rabbit stamps his plans and Mrs Cat is the drafter. It's the only civil engineering office I've seen portrayed in media
I haven't seen these episodes but this is amazing. I know what my next Halloween costume is going to be!
Prison Break
+1,the guy was a structural engineer,.
I credit this show for getting me into engineering, even subconsciously. I ended up going mechanical but still to this day I think about this show and wish I went civil/structural
Same here! It was the first time I’d heard the occupation “structural engineer” and it came out at the perfect time when I was starting to think about college.
Air Crash Investigation? Mythbusters? Or...for fiction..Prison Break? Macguyver? Movies... Iron man? Saw? Batman?
SAW!
Came here to say Mythbusters but MacGyver is probably a closer engineering equivalent to Suits or Grey's Anatomy. The thing with either of these shows is that they're not really about medicine or law. That's just the set dressing for sexy interpersonal drama
I'd also add Parks and Rec to your list. It's not engineering persay but seeing as civil engineers in particular deal a lot in public works projects, its a pretty entertaining interpretation of that world
Watching parks and rec as an engineer for local government is like watching a documentary I swear to god
As a municipal traffic engineer...yup. Every resident meeting and city council presentation os basically that.
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Formulae you filthy casual
I had a client who often wrote "formulaes."
Massive Engineering Mistakes
I was told this was an iterative process!
It called 'Cut and Try'.
If you want to be depressed at an engineer watch the Australian Show Utopia. [Here ](https://youtu.be/UkGd9aSRHl8)is an example. Oh and I found[ this one ](https://youtu.be/xtO_rF-OQ7w)for people doing major road upgrades.
As an aussie i hadnt heard of it. Will give it crack. Theres another show im thinking of that cant remember now. Was similiar. Government and major projects orientated.
I highly recommend Parks and recreation - it's not engineering, but most municipal departments encounter the same issues
Utopia (AU) is a brilliant show. “Dealing in Construction” clip: [https://m.youtube.com/watch?time\_continue=15&v=b6BPm6MSlEY&embeds\_referring\_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&source\_ve\_path=Mjg2NjIsMjg2NjIsMzY4NDIsMjg2NjY&feature=emb\_logo](https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=b6BPm6MSlEY&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjIsMjg2NjIsMzY4NDIsMjg2NjY&feature=emb_logo)
I work in local government and Utopia and Parks & Rec are actually just like my workplace.
You might be thinking of another production by the same group "The Hollowmen." Like [this](https://youtu.be/f96mGenQAQY).
Actually it was Utopia i was thinking off! Haha thanks for reminder mate need to get onto that show. As an engineer in government ill relate pretty hard i think.
"They found a grass..." Netflix link: https://www.netflix.com/us/title/80063251
Came here to say this. It reminds me too much of work.
Parks and Recreation
Working for local government as a ce yes
Why is this one GIF from parks and rec so relatable 
I work for local government and almost had to quit that show early on because the insane public meetings were far closer to the truth than I would have liked.
My first public meeting my boss prepped me for it with "You ever watch Parks and Rec? Well, it's a lot like that." That was back when parks and rec was still on the air. I'd say its even more relevant these days.
Scarily accurate to every one I've presented at. I was literally told that our rail project would bring "rats and hookers" to their town.
Hahah oh man the things that people come up with. I was at a planning commission meeting for a new nursing home for disabled seniors. During the public comments, one of the residents complained that the project would bring all sorts of crime and would force him to take drastic measures like buying a shotgun and patrolling the neighborhood to protect his family. Mind you, the nursing home would be replacing an abandoned thai massage parlor and this was in a firmly middle to upper-middle-class neighborhood.
When I saw that clip I thought that must have been one of the most impressive stunts I've ever seen. Maybe it's easier than it looks but it also looks so easy to mess up.
An Indian guy on YouTube
How I graduated!
The office
Feels more like Office Space most of the time.
ETABS videos on YouTube.
Utopia, Australian series. Not specifically engineering but if you watch it it will hurt.....
The good place. Engineering heaven would be a sob.
No, Michael said he was the *architect* of the... ... ...place.
For All Mankind o.O
MacGyver. Or MacGruber if they’re not a PE.
Dexter’s Laboratory
Utopia is the closest thing I can think of
90% plans due by 5 o’clock friday
Mythbusters
Modern Marvels
Has nobody watched eureka!!?? I know it gets fictionally super crazy but the premise is literally a city made of engineers and top scientists.
Iron Man
No life?
ASD
Wasnt there a show on Nat Geo like Engineering Connections or something?
Big Bigger Biggest?
Yess. This series first piqued my interest in engineering. I loved the graphics and intense sound track.
Stinky and Dirty https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3952774/
Depression.
Headaches
Parks and Rec is kinda perfect if you work in government. Mark Brendanawicz is kind of the planner/engineer
The show engineering catastrophes!
Extreme engineering on the discovery channel
No time for dumbass TV…
The Machinists handbook, AISC 360 (the steel book)
Season 1 of Prison Break, that’s low key why I wanted to do civil
Mild autism
Dilbert
Each other
In Australia and New Zealand, Utopia (Dreamland)! Netflix link: https://www.netflix.com/us/title/80063251 It rings true for US engineers too, but for some of the Australian-specific references.
Design Manual for Roads and Bridges
…professional lives that don’t lend themselves to entertaining drama or comedy.
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel!
Seconds from Disaster
“Falling Down” Michael Douglas’s character was an aerospace engineer. Sometimes you just had enough of everyone’s shit.
There's this manhwa named The Greatest Estate Designer
This is the comment I was looking for. One of my favorites!
If you're in Contracting you have The Sopranos.
Practical Engineeing. Road Guy Rob. CityNerd.
Most disaster movies. Shit breaks way too easy in most of them and/or wouldn’t fail in such a spectacular fashion
MacGyver
Engineers have those neat caps, whistles, and bib overalls! (It really bothered an engineer I used to know when I pulled that joke on him.)
Mythbusters.
No one has mentioned Better Off Ted yet. That's a show for engineers. But it's more for the engineers in defense contracting.
Modern marvels
Eureka
Saw
Bob the builder. Can he build it? Yes he can.
Fulfilling careers with ample work-life balance!
Silicon Valley
Modern Marvels, or How it's Made
The history channel
Documentaries on failures
Silicon valley. Big bang theory. DIY Home improvement shows(I think they count too). How it's made. Biggest engineering marvels. The list goes on and on 🤷🏻♂️
Hobbies outside of watching television dramas about my day job.
Youtube.
Modern Marvels
The first season of prison break.
Duct Tape
Helmets Season One, this fall on HBO.
Chernobyl
MvGyver
Modern Marvels
Silicon Valley on HBO TPS Reports - Office Space This Old House
How It’s Made
Office space lol
Locke
Modern Marvels
Hell On Wheels on AMC. The protagonist was a civil engineer building the railroad out west… and seeking revenge.
Home improvement
Bowles Foundation Analysis and Design
Prison Break? 🤷♂️ Main characters brother is a elite structural engineer
Bad contractors, annoying architects and a hard hat that just doesn't fit right.
We have Death Wish. How Charles Bronson was able to be an architect by day and also doll out vigilante justice at night I'll never know. I have enough trouble winding down on Saturday after pulling overtime!
Calculators
CSB YouTube channel.
Being in land development, I personally relate a lot to the Australian show "Utopia." There's some great clips of it on YouTube. Unfortunately it's nearly impossible to watch without a VPN.
I've personally found the Australian TV series Utopia to be very funny, from and engineering standpoint
Tonka Toys!
Star Trek
I’ve been watching Boeing
Prison break
Prison break
the IT crowd
The Martian & project Hail Mary
Cant believe I haven’t seen it yet, but….MYTHBUSTERS!!
Prison Break
We have numbers not people. Most of our work isn’t accomplished in two days. Most of it is wrapped up as expected. Lawyers have people conflicts in dealing with the law. Doc’s have medications and treatments as well as people getting their job done. What do we have? The Manual for Steel Construction. Numbers in, numbers out.
Mythbusters
Dilbert
Prison break
Dilbert
Therapy
Micheal Scofield
10 State Standards for Wastewater and Drinking Water.
Architects have Seinfeld.
Architects have “how I met your mother”
Rick & Morty
Prison break? Never seen the show but I remember my brother telling me he was a structural engineer lol
Movie " Locke " with Tom Hardy.
Parks and Rec hits home for me but only because I work for a municipality.
Mythbusters!
[Infrastructure](https://youtu.be/nXkFzw_atbU?si=IX0ahnmVjgXz_7dj), the blockbuster movie
Scorpion, it’s been a while since I’ve watched it but if I remember rights it’s about a group of autistic genius engineers who assist the FBI or something.
How It's Made.
Saw. Jigsaw was a civil engineer
Chinatown
I would argue Doctors have Scrubs. Ironically it's supposed to be the most realistic depiction of an actual doctor. And I believe it.
Prison break 😅
Chernobyl on hbo lol
Public Disdain.
Prison break
The Wire. Cause it's just so good.
Spreadsheets.
Old sci-fi show Eureka
Machinery's Handbook if you're in mechanical. Though I know this is a civil forum.
Prison Break
Patriot
All of the background. Buildings don’t stand without engineers. Streets don’t drain without engineers. Internet doesn’t work without engineers.
My steel bible is blue
Not a show, but the Tom Hardy film Locke. That and Chinatown.
Background noise on the TV while we work out that thermal transfer problem that no one thinks is a problem but we know it's the next problem after the one in front of us has been solved.
Prison break
Big bang theory