Mentoring Matters – How to Find a Great Engineering Mentor Regardless of How Busy People Are – Ep 212
Not having the time to mentor somebody cannot be used as an excuse. If you want to succeed as an engineer or as a leader, you need to commit to helping others.
Community Outreach Initiatives for Engineering Professionals
As an engineer, you can do a lot of good with your skills. Whether you want to travel across the world or stay in your own community, you can help develop solutions to some of society’s biggest problems.
Digital Twins for Digital Cities – Ep 127
A digital twin is a digital replica of a physical product or process or system that bridges together the physical world and the digital world. It does not only involve the geometric or physical replica in a digital world. It also includes engineering technology which allows you to understand and model the performance of the infrastructure as well.
How to Overcome Conflict with Your Fellow Engineers at Work
Conflict is inevitable in the workplace, but that doesn’t mean it’s always a bad situation. Instead, you can use conflict as an opportunity to prevent issues in the future or mitigate current problems on your team.
The New ASCE Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design with Don Scott – Ep 009
Prestandards are not only to be used in tall buildings. It can be very beneficial for lower-rise buildings as well. One of the big benefits we see in it is how it is improving the envelope design for structures throughout the country.
Transitioning from Engineering to Marketing – Ep 211
Sometimes we don’t take risks because we can’t actually get ourselves to do it; remember that real success happens outside of your comfort zone.
Redefining Business Development for Engineering Professionals
How do you make business development easier for you and more accepting for your clients? How do you make those type of meetings valuable to both you and your client so that each party feels their time wasn’t wasted? You do this by redefining business development.
Starting A Civil Engineering Firm – Ep 126
It is a big step to open a firm and there is a lot of risk involved, however once you have done it for a while and you’ve had success, you will not want to go back.
How to Start Your Own Engineering Practice
Starting your own engineering practice is a rewarding experience, giving you control over your career. While it requires adding a few more tools to your toolkit, with a bit of planning, you will be on your way to running a successful business.
CROSS (Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety) Is Now Here in the United States – Ep 008
CROSS has shown us a way through confidentiality and anonymity and having a sustained organization and effort to be able to do things more systematically and to encourage people to share lessons and failures in a way that they haven’t been able to do before.