Civil Griffin
Professional Civil Engineer and Author.
Helping students and young professionals navigate civil engineering, land development, and career growth—one real-world lesson at a time.
How Engineers Actually Decide Between Pond Types
How to Calculate Stage-Storage and CN Values (Step-by-Step Pond Design)
How to Design Stormwater Ponds (Beginner)
Why We Can’t Always Use Gravity Sewers
Cleanest Way to Do Quantity Takeoffs in Bluebeam
Can Bluebeam Run on Mac? (Parallels Test + Bluebeam Demo)
Reading Random Construction Plans—Here’s What I Found (BEGINNER)
Should You Take the F.E. Exam?
I Asked ChatGPT to Write an AutoCAD Command
How I Lay Out Sanitary Pipes in Civil 3D (with Storm Crossings)
The Right Way to Set Up Road & Utility Profiles in Civil 3D
Bluebeam Tips to Speed Up Your Worklow
Residential Grading with Civil3D Tools (BEGINNER)
From Survey Data to Final Grade Surface
How to Size Pipes for Drainage Systems (BEGINNER)
Creating Custom Civil Engineering GPTs
How to Review Paving, Grading, and Drainage Plans (BEGINNER)
Site Grading for Commercial Projects (Part 2)
How to Grade A Commercial Site (PART 1)
Ep. 7: Determining Lift Station Locations & Critical Runs for Sanitary Systems
Ep6: Creating A Site Plan (Part 2)
Basic Grading Concepts: A Walk Around the Block
How to Grade Roads and Lots for Construction Plans
How to Read Cross Sections (Construction Plans)
How To Read Utility Plans
The Truth About Fast-Tracking Your Engineering Career
Ep5: Creating A Site Plan (Part 1)
Ep4: Pre-Dev Runoff Calculations & Modeling
How to Create Plan and Profiles using AutoCAD Civil 3D (EASY)
Ep3: Pre-Dev Drainage Calcs (SCS Method, Curve Numbers, and Time of Concentration)