I’m Joseph Wagner, based in Connecticut. My work includes mechanical repair and fabrication, laboratory equipment, marine systems, and municipal wetlands administration.
OvertheReef.com is a collection of notes from practical projects, imperfect systems, and the occasional unusual problem.
Most of my work is in the following areas:
Lab Equipment Design & Specialty Fabrication
Design and repair of equipment not available “off-the-shelf.”
Marine Systems & Classic Sailboats
Repair and fabrication for older sailboats where original parts are no longer available.
Connecticut Inland Wetlands Agent & Municipal Land Use Resources
Practical tools and examples for wetlands agents, commission members, and municipal land use staff: running meetings, writing permit conditions, and making local land use more usable.
What Helicopter Maintenance Taught Me About Municipal Land Use
Short essays about lessons I carried from aviation maintenance into small-town land use work: documentation, procedures, failure modes, attention, and the difference between adding a process and improving a system.
Process & Systems
Writing about regulatory systems, process clarity, and how things work in practice.
I'm always interested in unusual mechanical, marine, or regulatory problems that need clear thinking and practical solutions.
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